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pros·e·cu·tion

(prŏs′ĭ-kyo͞o′shən)

1. The act of prosecuting.

2. The institution and conduct of a legal proceeding: risked prosecution by breaking the law.

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prosecution

(ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃən)

1. the act of prosecuting or the state of being prosecuted

2. (Law)

a. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a person

b. the proceedings brought in the name of the Crown to put an accused on trial

3. (Law) the lawyers acting for the Crown to put the case against a person. Compare defence⁶

4. the following up or carrying on of something begun, esp with a view to its accomplishment or completion

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pros•e•cu•tion

(ˌprɒs ɪˈkyu ʃən)

n.

a. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person.

b. the officials who institute and conduct such proceedings.

2. the following up of something undertaken or begun, usu. to its completion.

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Noun	1.	prosecution - the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior criminal prosecution action at law, legal action, action - a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong trial - (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial" double jeopardy - the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution 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" demurrer, denial, defence, defense - a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
	2.	prosecution - the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole defense lawyers, defense team, defence, defense - the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the defense called for a mistrial"
	3.	prosecution - the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion pursuance continuance, continuation - the act of continuing an activity without interruption

prosecution

noun trial, trying the prosecution of those responsible

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prosecution

noun

The act of beginning and carrying through to completion:

discharge, effectuation, execution, performance.

Translations

المُدَّعي، مُحامي الإدِّعاءمُقاضاه

obžalobažalobce

anklagemyndighedanklagersagsanlæg

Staatsanwaltschaft strafrechtliche Verfolgung

δίωξη

acusación proceso juicio

parquet plaignant poursuites

bûnvádi eljárás

málsóknsækjandi

accusa procedimento processo proseguimento

aktorataktoratet påtalemyndighet rettslig påtale statsadvokat

обвинение

dava davacıiddia makamıkovuşturma

原告及其律师检举起诉

prosecution

[ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃən]

A. N

1. (Jur) (= act, proceedings) → proceso m, juicio m; (in court) (= case, side) → acusación f
counsel for the prosecution → fiscal mf
to bring or start a prosecution against sb → entablar juicio or una acción judicial contra algn

2. (frm) (= furtherance) → prosecución f
in the prosecution of his duty → en el cumplimiento de su deber

B. CPD prosecution witness N → testigo mf de cargo

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prosecution

[ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃ^ən]

(= legal action) → poursuites fpl judiciaires
the prosecution of sb → des poursuites judiciaires contre qn

(= prosecuting lawyers) the prosecution → le ministère public

modif [counsel, lawyer,] → du ministère publique; [witness] → à charge prosecution caseprosecution case n → réquisitoire m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

prosecution

(Jur: = act of prosecuting) → strafrechtliche Verfolgung; (in court: = case, side) → Anklage f → (for wegen); (the) counsel for the prosecution → die Anklage(vertretung), der Vertreter/die Vertreterin der Anklage; witness for the prosecution → Zeuge m → /Zeugin f → der Anklage, Belastungszeuge m → /-zeugin f

(form: = carrying on) (of inquiry, campaign etc) → Durchführung f; (of claim) → Weiterverfolgung f

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prosecution

[ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃ/ən] n (Law) (act, proceedings) → azione f giudiziaria; (accusing side) → accusa
witness for the prosecution → testimone per l'accusa
the prosecution → il pubblico ministero

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prosecute

(ˈprosikjuːt) verb

to bring a legal action against. He was prosecuted for theft.

ˌproseˈcution noun

1. (an) act of prosecuting or process of being prosecuted. He faces prosecution for drunken driving; There are numerous prosecutions for this offence every year.

2. the person/people bringing a legal action, including the lawyer(s) representing them. First the prosecution stated its case, then the defence.

prosecutor noun

The civil servant who brings legal action.

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A BOSS who had gone to Canada was taunted by a Citizen of Montreal with having fled to avoid prosecution.

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After some further ques- tioning, counsel for the prosecution said:

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It was observed that his clothing was wet in spots, as if (so the prosecution afterward pointed out) he had been removing blood-stains from it.

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And, again, the chief lawyers for the prosecution and the defense, following the Judge's example, had revised their speeches for and against the prisoner.

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At the police court proceedings, we shall hear the case for the prosecution, but in all probability his solicitors will advise him to reserve his defence.

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And yet the prosecution has not hesitated to put into the prisoner's dock a man who is respected, esteemed, and loved by all who knew him--a young savant, the hope of French science, whose whole life has been devoted to knowledge and truth.

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For besides the great length of the whaling voyage, the numerous articles peculiar to the prosecution of the fishery, and the impossibility of replacing them at the remote harbors usually frequented, it must be remembered, that of all ships, whaling vessels are the most exposed to accidents of all kinds, and especially to the destruction and loss of the very things upon which the success of the voyage most depends.

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It frequently happens that the relations of the criminal are for taking the like vengeance for his death, and sometimes pursue this resolution so far that all those who had any share in the prosecution lose their lives.

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"May it please the court, the claim given the front place, the claim most persistently urged, the claim most strenuously and I may even say aggressively and defiantly insisted upon by the prosecution is this--that the person whose hand left the bloodstained fingerprints upon the handle of the Indian knife is the person who committed the murder." Wilson paused, during several moments, to give impressiveness to what he was about to say, and then added tranquilly, "WE GRANT THAT CLAIM."

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All hailed Don Quixote as victor, but the greater number were vexed and disappointed at finding that the combatants they had been so anxiously waiting for had not battered one another to pieces, just as the boys are disappointed when the man they are waiting to see hanged does not come out, because the prosecution or the court has pardoned him.

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If, on the one hand, it should be observed that the expenses incurred in the prosecution of the ambitious enterprises and vainglorious pursuits of a monarchy are not a proper standard by which to judge of those which might be necessary in a republic, it ought, on the other hand, to be remarked that there should be as great a disproportion between the profusion and extravagance of a wealthy kingdom in its domestic administration, and the frugality and economy which in that particular become the modest simplicity of republican government.

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It is only a few of the scions of our noblest and wealthiest houses, who are able to give the time and money necessary for the thorough prosecution of this noble and valuable Art.