Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to an accuser or a prosecutor: as, accusatorial functions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Accusatory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Containing or implying
accusation . - adjective law Of or pertaining to the system of a public
trial in which the facts areascertained by the judge or jury from evidence presented by theprosecution and thedefence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor
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Examples
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The static, accusatorial, setpiece interview may have run its course.
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The accusatorial process, as it was termed, was also, in many cases, brought in the first instance before the ‘Heimliche Acht.’
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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His voice became dangerously hard and bitingly accusatorial.
At The Spaniard's Convenience Mayo, Margaret 2006
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The Seta charged service providers with becoming accusatorial and confrontational "because we are now tightening up on how we deal with them, as is our right".
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The accusatorial “banter” I have to wade through on this site for good discussion like yours is what makes it worth it.
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You say that many of these judges are prosecutorial, accusatorial, whatever the case may be.
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GRACE: And interestingly, I heard Ted Rowlands I believe earlier say that Mark Geragos was not angry or accusatorial ...
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The proceedings would not be of an accusatorial nature and should be seen as another phase in the investigation.
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C. C.NDIT: It's pretty hard when there is an accusatorial tone coming from their family.
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C. C.NDIT: It's pretty hard when there is an accusatorial tone coming from their family.
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