What is "to lodge an information"

Lodge \Lodge\, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n. ]

1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.

   Every house was proud to lodge a knight.
   --Dryden.

   The memory can lodge a greater store of images than all the senses can present at one time.
   --Cheyne.

2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert.

   The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert.
   --Addison.

3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.

4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.

   He lodged an arrow in a tender breast.
   --Addison.

5. To lay down; to prostrate.

   Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down.
   --Shak.

6. To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint.

   To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.