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• prosecution — pros·e·cu·tion /ˌprä si kyü shən/ n 1: the act or process of prosecuting; esp: the institution and carrying on of a criminal action involving the process of seeking formal charges against a person and pursuing those charges to final judgment 2:… …   Law dictionary

• prosecution — pros‧e‧cu‧tion [ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʆn ǁ ˌprɑː ] noun [countable, uncountable] LAW 1. the process or act of bringing a charge against someone for a crime, or of being judged for a crime in a court of law: • The evidence is now sufficient to bring a… …   Financial and business terms

• bringing to trial — index prosecution (criminal trial) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• prosecution — noun 1 (C, U) the process or act of bringing a charge against someone for a crime, or of being judged for a crime in a court of law: The evidence is not sufficient to bring a prosecution against him. | I want immunity from prosecution before I… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• prosecution — Synonyms and related words: accusal, accusation, accusing, action, allegation, allegement, arraignment, bill of particulars, blame, bringing of charges, bringing to book, carrying out, case, cause, cause in court, charge, chase, complaint,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• prosecution history estoppel — noun In United States patent law, the circumstance under which a person who has filed a patent application, and then made amendments to the application to accommodate the patent law and secure issuance of the patent, is prevented from bringing a… …   Wiktionary

• prosecution — n. 1. Pursuit, undertaking. 2. Arraignment, bringing to trial. 3. Suit, legal process …   New dictionary of synonyms

• malicious prosecution — n: the tort of initiating a criminal prosecution or civil suit against another party with malice and without probable cause; also: an action for damages based on this tort brought after termination of the proceedings in favor of the party seeking …   Law dictionary

• Arrest and prosecution of Radovan Karadžić — Radovan Karadžić was arrested in Belgrade and extradited into International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia custody in The Hague in July 2008, as the 44th Serb suspect sent to The Hague [… …   Wikipedia

• Crown Prosecution Service — (Welsh: Gwasanaeth Erlyn y Goron) Non ministerial government department overview Formed 1986 (1986) Jurisdiction England and Wales …   Wikipedia

• Crown Prosecution Service — Crown Pro|se|cu|tion Ser|vice, the the CPS the government organization in England and Wales which is responsible for bringing legal charges against criminals …   Dictionary of contemporary English