Prosecution

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  • noun. The act of prosecuting.
  • noun. The institution and conduct of a legal proceeding.
  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A following after; a pursuing; pursuit.
  • noun. The act or process of prosecuting, or pursuing with the object of obtaining or accomplishing something; pursuit by endeavor of body or mind; the carrying on or following up of any matter in hand: as, the prosecution of a scheme or undertaking; the prosecution of war or of commerce; the prosecution of a work, argument, or inquiry.
  • noun. 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: as, the prosecution of a claim in chancery.
  • noun. The institution and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges or accusations before a legal tribunal and the pressing of them: as, prosecutions by the crown or by the state.
  • noun. The party by whom proceedings are instituted: as, such a course was adopted by the prosecution.
  • noun. See the adjectives.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
  • noun. The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
  • noun. The prosecuting party.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
  • noun. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
  • noun. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
  • Word Usage
    "The controversy over the policing and prosecution of assisted dying ­intensified tonight when another septuagenarian invited arrest and criminal ­prosecution by admitting that he helped his wife kill herself with an overdose of antidepressants."
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