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prosecutor Definition

pros·ecu·tor (präs′ə kyo̵̅o̅t′ər)

noun

  1. a person who prosecutes
  2. Law
    1. a person who institutes a prosecution in court
    2. prosecuting attorney

Etymology: ML < LL, companion, attendant

prosecutor Law Definition

n

The person or persons who prepare for and conduct the state’s case in a criminal trial; the state’s attorney, district attorney, or in the case of a federal case, the United States Attorney.

prosecutor Usage Examples

Possessives

  • office: He says changes have been made in the prosecutors ' office.
  • duty: Similarly, they were not excluded from the prosecutor's general duty of disclosure.

Converse of object

  • appoint: At the end of such period, the appointed prosecutor shall be entitled at the next hearing to present his opinion on the case.
  • assist: The descriptions may require a summary of the contents of the retained material to assist the prosecutor to make an informed decision on disclosure.
  • tell: His Wednesday testimony is in line with what he told prosecutors earlier.
  • ask: They asked a local prosecutor to file suit under the country's blasphemy law.
  • allow: The Bench declined to allow the prosecutor 's expenses, and said the landlord would probably hear more about the case.
  • enable: Witness admitted he had enabled prosecutor to go to Okehampton, supplying him with tea to sell on his own account.

Adjective modifier

  • Federal: Federal prosecutors indict 12 men - including Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman - in the " Day of Terror " plot.
  • federal: Kong international group federal prosecutors say by the north.
  • chief: He was the chief prosecutor of the military tribunal.
  • deputy: Deputy prosecutor Janice Albert explained: " He sent his letters by FedEx and complained when they were not answered.
  • public: On Thursday morning the public prosecutor 's office asked him to reconsider.
  • Italian: They have consumed Italian prosecutors for the best part of a decade.

Modifies a noun

office: This inequity is repeated in many other local prosecutors offices where Internet service providers are located.

Noun used with modifier

  • crown: He applied for a job as a crown prosecutor and was offered a post.
  • specialist: The Unit now has a specialist prosecutor who deals with all football-related cases.
  • state: Some state prosecutors in the US have less understanding, " he said.
  • duty: CPS lawyers at the point of charge 8. All MPS Boroughs now have access to a duty prosecutor 9-5 Monday to Friday.
  • crime: United Nations chief war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte, who was in Belgrade, called the arrests a " brilliant operation " .