172.005 - Definitions. - Nevada Statutes

172.005  Definitions.  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

      1.  An indictment is an accusation in writing, presented by a grand jury to a competent court, charging a person with a public offense.

      2.  A presentment is an informal statement in writing, by the grand jury, representing to the court that a public offense has been committed, which is triable within the district, and that there is reasonable ground for believing that a particular person, named or described, has committed it.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1409)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 172.115 and 172.125)