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nounthe continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
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nounthe institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
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nounthe lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendantOpposite:type of:
Definition that contains prosecution
- prosecutor a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
- oath a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
- swearing a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
- prosecute conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- barrister a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
- immunize law: grant immunity from prosecution
- inquisitorial especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge
- absconder a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution
- war power an extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime
- nolle prosequi drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records