prosecution
Definition
Legal proceedings in which a person accused of a criminal offense is tried in a court by the government (state) appointed public prosecutor called district attorney (US) or public prosecutor.
prosecution is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
prosecution appears in the definitions of the following terms:
jury,
conviction,
public prosecutor,
patent,
statute of limitations,
prima facie case,
forensic audit,
affirmative defense,
compounding a crime,
criminal case
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