It means they aren't being followed or investigated any more, and you aren't accused of anything.
Assault
absolved
Question. Can there be an open disposition when there were no criminal charges filed? There was an arrest and a night in jail, then a release with no criminal charges being brought.
getting arrested
Criminal charges with which the defendant has not yetbeen formally charged.Added:I would read pending criminal charges to mean a criminal charge that has been formally charged, however there has been no resolution in the case yet. In other words, there is a formal accusation, but no conviction or acquittal.
It means that criminal charges have been brought against a person.
When charges are dismissed, it means that the legal case against a person has been dropped and they are no longer facing criminal prosecution for those specific charges.
Only the government can file criminal charges. They do not get into civil matters.
Federal criminal charges are when a crime has been committed specifically against a federal law. Simple criminal charges are more general and the crime might have been committed against a federal or national law.
This mean that the specific actions were not taken and the date has passed. Therefore a dismissal of charges was ordered by a judge.
"VGCSA" stands for "Violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act." Charges containing the term "VGCSA" are drug-related charges.
was the settlement of criminal charges by atonement the forerunner of our present procedures of fining criminals.