accusatio

accūsātiō ōnis, f

accuso; in judicial lang., a formal complaint, indictment, accusation, prosecution : accusatio crimen desiderat, i. e. must contain a charge : conflare, devise : relinquere, abandon : accusationi respondere, to defend against . — In gen., a complaint, accusation : Hannibalis, against Hannibal , L.— Meton., the office of prosecutor : ut tibi potissimum accusatio detur. — The bill of indictment, accuser's speech : accusationis libri, i. e. the orations against Verres .