How to pronounce “indictable offence”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (law, UK, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong) An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.

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