Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of prosecuting.
- n. The institution and conduct of a legal proceeding.
- n. See prosecuting attorney.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A following after; a pursuing; pursuit.
- n. The act or process of prosecuting, or pursuing with the object of obtaining or accomplishing something; pursuit by endeavor of body or mind; the carrying on or following up of any matter in hand: as, the prosecution of a scheme or undertaking; the prosecution of war or of commerce; the prosecution of a work, argument, or inquiry.
- n. The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity to obtain some right or to redress and punish some wrong: as, the prosecution of a claim in chancery.
- n. The institution and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges or accusations before a legal tribunal and the pressing of them: as, prosecutions by the crown or by the state.
- n. The party by whom proceedings are instituted: as, such a course was adopted by the prosecution.
- n. See the adjectives.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
- n. law The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
- n. law The prosecuting party.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind
- n. The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a
complaining party, as distinguished fromdefense . - n. The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.
- n. The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
- n. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
- n. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
Etymologies
- From Late Latin prōsecutio, from Latin prōsequor ("follow, pursue"), from pro- ("onward") + sequor ("follow") (English sequel). Compare persecution, and see more at prosecute. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The controversy over the policing and prosecution of assisted dying intensified tonight when another septuagenarian invited arrest and criminal prosecution by admitting that he helped his wife kill herself with an overdose of antidepressants.”
“Bailey, a member of the ad hoc "PhonyBusters" team, said one of the problems in prosecution is that there are so many swindles.”
“The defendant has quite a lot to lose in the case while the only thing at stake for the prosecution is the reputation of the prosecutor.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » At Least a Dozen Flag Desecration Prosecutions in the U.S. Since 1992
“Termination of the prosecution is a welcome development.”
“You just wrote that you can tell a prosecution is a partisan witch hunt by the political party of the people who pursue it.”
“Their actions are proof enough of that, and their prosecution is a good thing.”
Think Progress » BREAKING: Karl Rove to Give Additional Testimony
“If this kind of prosecution is upheld it could lead to a witchhunting due to personal conflicts within military personnel.”
“Sounds like Bart's idea of "prosecution" is not to find a crime and then try to find out who did it, but rather to find someone he doesn't like and try and find a "crime" to pin on them ....”
“Instead, he called the prosecution's next witness, Catherine Dunn, the Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the New York Public Library, one of Brooke Astor's favorite charities.”
“There's been a monumental and highly significant change in German prosecution policy, "the centre's head, Efraim Zuroff, told the German Press Agency dpa.”
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