Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

bill of particulars.

A formal, detailed statement of the claims or charges brought by a plaintiff or a prosecutor, usu. filed in response to the defendant's request for a more specific complaint. - Also termed statement of particulars. See MOTION FOR MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT."Although it has been said that the bill of particulars is not a discovery device, it seems plain that it is a means of discovery, though of a limited nature. It is the one method open to a defendant in a criminal case to secure the details of the charge against him." 1 Charles Alan Wright, Federal Practice and Procedure § 129, at 646-47 (3d ed. 1999).