The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from
   their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid
   before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like;
   also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an
   official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an
   indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment
   itself.