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Prosecution
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ProsecutionCriminal law. The means adopted to bring a supposed offender to justice and punishment by due course of law.
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Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
Course
The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
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Proscribed
Civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be proscribed when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death.
Prosecute
To bring judicial proceedings against a person and to administer them until the conclusion of the court proceedings. Lawyers are hired by the government to administer the prosecution of criminal charges in the courts.
Prosecuting attorney
A person called prosecutor which represents the state on behalf of whom conducts criminal prosecutions.
Prosecutor
A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the interests of the state in civil matters. In criminal cases, the prosecutor has the responsibility of deciding who and when to prosecute.
Prospective
That which is applicable to the future; it is used in opposition to retrospective. To be just, a law ought always to be prospective.
Prospective law
One which provides for, and regulates the future acts of men, and does not interfere in any way with what has past.
Prospectus
A document in which a corporation sets out the material details of a share or bond issue and inviting the public to invest by purchasing these financial instruments.
Prostitute
A person who offers sexual intercourse for hire.
Prostitution
The common lewdness of a woman for gain.
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Propter delictum
For or on account of crime. A juror may be challenged propter delictum, when he has been convicted of an infamous crime.
Prorogated jurisdiction
Scotch law. That jurisdiction, which, by the consent of the parties, is conferred upon a judge, who, without such consent, would be incompetent.
Prorogation
To put off to another time. It is generally applied to the English parliament, and means the continuance of it from one day to another;
Proscribed
Civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be proscribed when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death.
Prosecute
To bring judicial proceedings against a person and to administer them until the conclusion of the court proceedings. Lawyers are hired by the government to administer the prosecution of criminal charges in the courts.
Prosecution
Prosecutor
A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the interests of the state in civil matters. In criminal cases, the prosecutor has the responsibility of deciding who and when to prosecute.
Prospective
That which is applicable to the future; it is used in opposition to retrospective. To be just, a law ought always to be prospective.
Prospective law
One which provides for, and regulates the future acts of men, and does not interfere in any way with what has past.
Prospectus
A document in which a corporation sets out the material details of a share or bond issue and inviting the public to invest by purchasing these financial instruments.
Prostitute
A person who offers sexual intercourse for hire.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
Course
The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Proscribed
Civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be proscribed when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death.
Prosecute
To bring judicial proceedings against a person and to administer them until the conclusion of the court proceedings. Lawyers are hired by the government to administer the prosecution of criminal charges in the courts.
Prosecuting attorney
A person called prosecutor which represents the state on behalf of whom conducts criminal prosecutions.
Prosecutor
A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the interests of the state in civil matters. In criminal cases, the prosecutor has the responsibility of deciding who and when to prosecute.
Prospective
That which is applicable to the future; it is used in opposition to retrospective. To be just, a law ought always to be prospective.
Prospective law
One which provides for, and regulates the future acts of men, and does not interfere in any way with what has past.
Prospectus
A document in which a corporation sets out the material details of a share or bond issue and inviting the public to invest by purchasing these financial instruments.
Prostitute
A person who offers sexual intercourse for hire.
Prostitution
The common lewdness of a woman for gain.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Propter delictum
For or on account of crime. A juror may be challenged propter delictum, when he has been convicted of an infamous crime.
Prorogated jurisdiction
Scotch law. That jurisdiction, which, by the consent of the parties, is conferred upon a judge, who, without such consent, would be incompetent.
Prorogation
To put off to another time. It is generally applied to the English parliament, and means the continuance of it from one day to another;
Proscribed
Civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be proscribed when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death.
Prosecute
To bring judicial proceedings against a person and to administer them until the conclusion of the court proceedings. Lawyers are hired by the government to administer the prosecution of criminal charges in the courts.
Prosecution
Prosecutor
A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the interests of the state in civil matters. In criminal cases, the prosecutor has the responsibility of deciding who and when to prosecute.
Prospective
That which is applicable to the future; it is used in opposition to retrospective. To be just, a law ought always to be prospective.
Prospective law
One which provides for, and regulates the future acts of men, and does not interfere in any way with what has past.
Prospectus
A document in which a corporation sets out the material details of a share or bond issue and inviting the public to invest by purchasing these financial instruments.
Prostitute
A person who offers sexual intercourse for hire.
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