Informations, it
'However, the duty of the court is to hear informations which are properly before it.'
I extracted it from the oxford english dictionary. In that sentence, the vocab 'informations' is used as a countable plural noun "in the sense" of a charge loadged with a magistrates' court. Is that sentence also acceptable in AME? and In that example, the pronoun it denotes the court? (Additionally, I'm not being sure of whether or not "in the sense" is more happy with the context than "in a sense".)
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: an instrument containing a formal accusation of a crime that is issued by a prosecuting officer and that serves the same function as an indictment presented by a grand jury The AmE Webster's lists that meaning (without indicating that it is a countable noun), so I am confident that those in the legal field are aware of it. I suspect that the general educated public, both BrE and AmE speakers, would be surprised to discover this form. I certainly was.
- : an instrument containing a formal accusation of a crime that is issued by a prosecuting officer and that serves the same function as an indictment presented by a grand jury The AmE Webster's lists that meaning (without indicating that it is a countable noun), so I am confident that those in the legal field are aware of it.
- I suspect that the general educated public, both BrE and AmE speakers, would be surprised to discover this form.
- I certainly was.
- Anonymous In that example, the pronoun it denotes the court?
- Yes.
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: an instrument containing a formal accusation of a crime that is issued by a prosecuting officer and that serves the same function as an indictment presented by a grand jury
The AmE Webster's lists that meaning (without indicating that it is a countable noun), so I am confident that those in the legal field are aware of it. I suspect that the general educated public, both
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