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Prosecution
Prosecution Pros`e*cu"tion, n. [L. prosecutio a following.]
1. The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to
gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body
or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or
undertaking; the prosecution of war.
Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics . . . in
prosecution of their various duties. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. (Law)
(a) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court
of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress
and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial
proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as
distinguished from defense.
(b) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a
criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal
charges against an offender before a legal tribunal,
and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the
state or government, as by indictment or information.
(c) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
--Blackstone. Burrill. Mozley & W.
Meaning of PROSECUTION from wikipedia
- A
prosecutor is a
legal representative of the
prosecution in
states with
either the
adversarial system,
which is
adopted in
common law, or inquisitorial...
-
Witness for the
Prosecution may
refer to: "The
Witness for the
Prosecution", a 1925
short story by
Agatha Christie The
Witness for the
Prosecution and Other...
- 45th and 47th
president of the
United States, and 18 co-defendants. The
prosecution alleges that
Trump led a "criminal
racketeering enterprise", in which...
- "The
Witness for the
Prosecution" is a
short story and play by
British author Agatha Christie. The
story was
initially published as "Traitor's Hands"...
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Malicious prosecution is a
common law
intentional tort. Like the tort of
abuse of process, its
elements include (1)
intentionally (and maliciously) instituting...
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Prosecution history estoppel, also
known as file-wrapper estoppel, is a term used to
indicate that a
person who has
filed a
patent application, and then...
- The
Revenue and
Customs Prosecution Office (RCPO) was a non-departmental
public body
created under the
Commissioners for
Revenue and
Customs Act 2005...
- the main orchestrator. The
trial began on
February 7, 2023. Both the
prosecution and
defense rested their cases on
March 3, 2023.
Closing arguments occurred...
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delegitimize the
traditional German elite. The IMT
verdict followed the
prosecution in
declaring the
crime of
plotting and
waging aggressive war "the supreme...
- A
private prosecution is a
criminal proceeding initiated by an
individual private citizen or
private organisation (such as a
prosecution ****ociation) instead...
