A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
The act of complaining.
A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
A physical or mental malfunction.
Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
To throw into a state of disorder.
To knock out of order or sequence.