See Also: CRIMINAL LETTERS(law)
man of letters(dictionary)
call letters(dictionary)
LETTERS ROGATORY(law)
Letters of the Alphabet(recipes)
LETTERS OF REQUEST, Eng(law)
LETTERS PATENT(law)
Letters Of Administration(law)
ROGATORY, LETTERS(law)
block letters(dictionary)

CRIMINAL LETTERS (law)


CRIMINAL LETTERS. An instrument in Scotland, which contains the charges against a person accused of a crime. Criminal letters differ from an against a person accused of a crime. Criminal letters differ from an indictment, in that the former are not, like an indictment, the mere indictment, in that the former are not, like an indictment, the mere statement of the prosecutor, but sanctioned by a judge. Burt. Man. Pub. L. statement of the prosecutor, but sanctioned by a judge. Burt. Man. Pub. L. 301, 302. 301, 302.