public prosecutor

See prosecuting attorney.

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public prosecutor

(Law) law an official in charge of prosecuting important cases

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

public prosecutor

An official appointed by the government to act for the community or state in prosecuting criminal actions.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

public prosecutor - a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

DA, district attorney - an official prosecutor for a judicial district

attorney, lawyer - a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office

state attorney, state's attorney - a prosecuting attorney for a state

Translations

Staatsanwalt

procureur

pubblico ministero

public prosecutor

n (Brit) → pubblico ministero
public prosecutor's office → l'ufficio del pubblico ministero

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Pratt, in deep mourning, and Tom with a weed on his hat, had seats near Pembroke Howard, the public prosecutor, and back of them sat a great array of friends of the family.

The public prosecutor rose and said that it was within his knowledge, through a conversation held with Judge Driscoll on the last day of his life, that counsel for the defense had brought him a challenge from the person charged at the bar with murder; that he had refused to fight with a confessed assassin-- "that is, on the field of honor," but had added significantly, that would would be ready for him elsewhere.

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The dread tribunal of five Judges, Public Prosecutor, and determined Jury, sat every day.

Charles Evremonde, called Darnay, was accused by the public prosecutor as an emigrant, whose life was forfeit to the Republic, under the decree which banished all emigrants on pain of Death.

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Maitre Henri Robert called for an adjournment of the trial and was supported in his motion by the public prosecutor himself.

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The duties of public prosecutor were discharged by Dirck Van der School, who adjusted his spectacles, cast a cautious look around him at his brethren of the bar, which he ended by throwing his head aside so as to catch one glance over the glasses, when he proceeded to read the bill aloud.

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A few weeks later, when the tragedy at the Opera compelled the intervention of the public prosecutor, M.

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Watson protested against this, but was silenced when the Prosecuting Attorney told him that Public Prosecutor and knew his business.

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The nurse was arrested after a citizen called the Green Line of the Office of the Public Prosecutor, complaining that the nurse was blackmailing him.

Moroccan Police Arrest Nurse for Alleged Bribery in El Jadida

The public prosecutor maintained that Nawaz is wanted in four cases other than those pertaining to May 12 incidents.

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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah have filed application to introduce new evidence in their appeals to disqualify former Federal Court Judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as deputy public prosecutor (DPP) in their cases.

Najib, Shafee file application to introduce new evidence in appeals