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Definitionn. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
Last update: September 9, 2015
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The minister was not able to face the prosecution. [noun]
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He was acquitted on all counts; the prosecution then appealed to the General Assembly. [noun]
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Prosecution lawyers said he was no longer deemed a flight risk. [noun]
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"In entering upon the great work before us, we are not unmindful that in its prosecution we may be called to test our sincerity even as in a fiery ordeal." [noun]
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Worship your God when and where ye will, but just because I desire your welfare, I cannot consent to the prosecution of a work which kindles discord among you. [noun]
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Bumble, striking the table with his cane, 'is a life of worrit, and vexation, and hardihood; but all public characters, as I may say, must suffer prosecution.' [noun]
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At this point it was admitted by the defendant's counsel, that I had been placed in the pen by Burch in the spring of 1841, and hereupon the prosecution rested. [noun]
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[Pg 313] Northup acted as counsel for the prosecution, and Joseph H. [noun]
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After three days' delay, during which the crown prosecution stood over for the production of the witness from the prison-ship, the witness came, and completed the easy case. [noun]
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Do you chance to be so fortunate as to be ignorant of the meaning of those gloomy words: public prosecution, legal infamy, prison, the scaffold, the executioner, the death penalty. [noun]
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That kind of thinking screws up successful prosecution and doesn't help getting search warrants. [Please select]
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