prosecution has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

The ten or more dangerous parties singled_out for prosecution were still at_large , and Pels realized that if these men entrenched themselves in their adobe_houses , defending themselves through loopholes , it would be most difficult to capture them .

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[ noun ] (law) the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

These questions touch the root of confusion in the prosecution 's case .

Related terms

defense collection

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[ noun ] the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

Synonyms

pursuance

Related terms

continuance prosecute

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