Information is a formal criminal charge made without a grand jury indictment by a prosecutor in a document sometimes called information. In the common law legal system, an indictment (IPA: ) is a formal charge of having committed a most serious criminal offense. ... A grand jury is a type of jury, in the common law legal system, which determines if there is enough evidence for a trial. ... In the common law legal system, an indictment (IPA: ) is a formal charge of having committed a most serious criminal offense. ... The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries adopting the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. ...

See also

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 7 and Rule 9. The US General Federal Court method, step by step, on processing a criminal whom is arrested and charged with an indicment (Felony). ...