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• no bill
  no bill

  noun

  a failure to indict.
• no-bill
  no-bill

  verb (used with object)

  to fail to indict (a person).

no bill

¹ American  

noun

Law.

1. a failure to indict.

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no-bill ² American  

[noh-bil] / ˈnoʊˌbɪl /

verb (used with object)

Law.

1. to fail to indict (a person).

   The grand jury no-billed the two officers in the slaying.

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Example Sentences

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no bill no-bill

“We’d rather have no bill than a bad bill,” Armstrong said in a post on X at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

"We'd rather have no bill than a bad bill," Armstrong wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

He also highlighted the benefits to the environment, with no plastic SIM cards used, and believes people using an eSIM when they travel abroad will have more provider options and no "bill shocks".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

The night ended, in the wee hours, with no bill at all.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2019

Then he left without paying the bill, because no bill was, or would ever be, brought to a scythe.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The local district attorney's office confirmed in June 2025 "the grand jury voted a no-bill, which means there will be no criminal charges related to the death".

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

The local district attorney's office confirmed "the grand jury voted a no-bill, which means there will be no criminal charges related to the death".

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

By contrast, the city of Austin’s no-bill rate for the same crime was 13 percent.

From Washington Post

Journalist Tim Madigan at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram caught up with Johnson during his own investigation into Tarrant’s no-bill rates and incorporated her findings.

From Washington Post

But the doctor of the Dabney House needed no epidemic to keep him occupied, so acceptable was his no-bill custom--still maintained--to the unwell laity of the vicinage.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor