Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts > Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally > Chapter 85 - Pretrial Proceedings > Subchapter 4 - Indictment Generally > § 16-85-406 - Construction of words.

§ 16-85-406 - Construction of words.

16-85-406. Construction of words.

The words used in an indictment must be construed according to their usual acceptance in common language, except words and phrases defined by law, which are to be construed according to their legal meaning.