Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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amendment of indictment

the alteration of the charging terms of an indictment, either literally or in effect, after the grand jury has made a decision on it. ( the indictment usu. cannot legally be amended at trial in a way that would prejudice the defendant by having a trial on matters that were not contained in the indictment