information

Plural

informations

1. 1.Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.

2. 2.Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.

   • I need some more information about this issue.

3. 3.The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.

   • For your information, I did this because I wanted to.

4. 4.A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.

   • On May 21, 1792, the Attorney General filed an information against Paine charging him with seditious libel.
   • 'We have another deposition, doctor, to take; Mr. Irons, here, is prepared to swear informations of very singular importance.'
   • The second formal method of charging someone with a crime is by information. Informations are filed by prosecutors without grand jury review.

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• info

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• inform