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prosecution Definition

pros·ecu·tion (präs′ə kyo̵̅o̅′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a prosecuting, or following up
    1. the conducting of criminal proceedings in court against a person
    2. the conducting of any lawsuit
  3. the State as the party that institutes and carries on criminal proceedings in court

Etymology: ML prosecutio < LL, a following < L prosecutus: see prosecute

prosecution Synonyms

prosecution

n.

  1. The act of furthering a project

    pursuit, pursuance, undertaking; see achievement 2, performance 1.

  2. The prosecuting party in a criminal action

    state, government, prosecuting agent, prosecuting attorney, state's attorney, district attorney, DA*; see also accuser, lawyer.

prosecution Law Definition

n

A pursuing of a lawsuit or a criminal trial; the party pursuing a criminal prosecution; the carrying out of any activity or plan.

prosecution Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • initiate: That the ability to initiate a private prosecution should remain unchanged.
  • escape: He tells Hermann that many people believe he helped fake his father's death to enable him to escape prosecution.
  • discontinue: Mr Rees was charged with this offense but the Director of Public Prosecutions subsequently discontinued the prosecution for lack of evidence.
  • pursue: Each month Nexus pursues prosecutions against fraudsters through the courts.

Adjective modifier

  • criminal: In an inquest the family can be involved in the hearing, unlike in a criminal prosecution.
  • malicious: The Lindos have taken out a civil case, charging the police with malicious prosecution, assault and false imprisonment.
  • intended: You will receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution in the post.
  • successful: Over 100 arrests have been made with numerous successful prosecutions.

Modifies a noun

  • witness: As a prosecution witness, will I see the defendant at court?
  • barrister: Richard Camden Pratt QC, the prosecution barrister, told the jury that the scientific evidence was " incontrovertible " .

Noun used with modifier

  • blasphemy: The event is not an extremely cost-effective way to raise funds for CV's blasphemy prosecution against the BBC.
  • manslaughter: Despite this, the Crown Prosecution Service have continued to attempt corporate manslaughter prosecutions.
  • crown: We have recently won a landmark Judicial Review challenging the crown prosecution services decision not to prosecute his employers for corporate manslaughter.

Preposition: of

offender: Consequently they are unlikely to favor the prosecution of offenders, which is the goal of the police service.

Preposition: for

  • incitement: Procedural measures It is unlikely that there have been more than a handful of prosecutions for incitement to commit terrorism.
  • perjury: However, very few prosecutions for perjury are brought.
  • manslaughter: This presentation takes place against a backdrop of the prosecution for corporate manslaughter of senior representatives of national companies.
  • non-compliance: In the 21 years that such regulations have been in place, there have been no prosecutions for non-compliance.
  • offense: The law provides 12 months to bring prosecutions for specific electoral offenses.