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nouna government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the statetype of:
Definition that contains prosecutor
- da an official prosecutor for a judicial district
- 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
- nol pros an entry in the court record to the effect that the plaintiff or prosecutor will not proceed
- nolle prosequi an entry in the court record to the effect that the plaintiff or prosecutor will not proceed
- plea bargain (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
- district attorney an official prosecutor for a judicial district
- plea bargaining (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
- accusatorial specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor