bill of particulars

1. 1.

   the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial; advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet

   Broaderallegation

   Part ofpleading

   law

Questions about bill of particulars

What does bill of particulars mean?

bill of particulars means "the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial; advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet".

Is bill of particulars a common word?

bill of particulars is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.