Director of Public Prosecution

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• Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) — an officer who works under the Attorney General and who is responsible for the prosecution of all serious crime. Sometimes only the consent of the DPP is required. The office is particularly important as it heads up the Crown Prosecution Service …   Law dictionary

• Director of Public Prosecutions — The Director of Public Prosecutions is the officer charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world. The title is used mainly in jurisdictions that are or have been members of the Commonwealth… …   Wikipedia

• Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales) — This article is part of the series: Courts of England and Wales Law of England and Wales …   Wikipedia

• Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland — The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI) is the department of the Northern Ireland Office responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in Northern Ireland. It is headed by the Director of Public… …   Wikipedia

• Public Prosecution Service — The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI) is the department of the Northern Ireland Office responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in Northern Ireland. It is headed by the Director of Public… …   Wikipedia

• Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland — The Director of Public Prosecutions is the head of the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland, and is appointed by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.[1] The current DPP is Sir Alasdair Fraser CB QC.[2][3] See also Director of… …   Wikipedia

• Director of Public Prosecutions — (abbr the DPP) the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, which is responsible in England and Wales for deciding whether a case should be tried in a court of law. He or she is appointed by the Attorney General. * * * …   Universalium

• Director of Public Prosecutions — noun the head of a government authority with responsibility for prosecution policy and process. The institution exists at the federal level and in certain state jurisdictions in Australia. Abbrev.: DPP …  

• (the) Director of Public Prosecutions — the Director of Public Prosecutions UK US british a government official who decides whether someone accused of a crime by the police should be brought to trial in a court of law Thesaurus: individual government officialshyponym lawyers and people …   Useful english dictionary

• the Director of Public Prosecutions — UK / US British a government official who decides whether someone accused of a crime by the police should be brought to trial in a court of law See: the Crown Prosecution Service …   English dictionary

• director — One who, or that which directs; as one who directs or regulates, guides or orders; a manager or superintendent, or a chief administrative official. State ex inf. McKittrick v. Bode, 342 Mo. 162, 113 S.W.2d 805, 808. See directors @ Director of… …   Black's law dictionary