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A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence. Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton.

Full of news; abounding in information as to current events. [Colloq.]

Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.] The king . . . shall have note of this. Shak.

A writing communicating information or warning.

giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.

The information communicated.

The information so acquired.

A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.

together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.

red. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.

An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.]

ership or occupancy; to provide or furnish with; as, to put one in possession of facts or information. (b) (Law) To place one in charge of property recovered in ejectment or writ of entry. -- To take possession, to enter upon, or to bring within one's power or occupancy. -- Writ of possession (Law), a precept directi…

Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.

, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally.

An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.

pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.

t questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc. But pump not me for politics. Otway.

Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent. In determining the extent of information required in the exercise of a particular authority, recourse must be had to the objects within the purview of that authority. Madison.

taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities. The quantity of extensive and curious information which he had picked up during many months of desultory, but not unprofitable, study. Macaulay. Quantity of estate (Law), its time of continuance, or degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years. Wharton (Law D…

One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits. [Obs.] Bacon.