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Prosecutable

Capable of being prosecuted liable to prosecution

Public prosecutor

Public prosecutor, means a Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor or

Sanction

order, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1341. Sanction, for prosecution is a weapon to ensure dis-couragement of frivolous and vexatious

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Advocate, Lord

of Scotland. It is his duty to act as public prosecutor; but private individuals injured may prosecute upon obtaining his concurrence.

Preferred

Dictionary gives the following meaning: PREFER: To bring before; to prosecute; to try to proceed with. Thus, preferring an indictment signifies

special prosecutor

special prosecutor : a prosecutor appointed to prosecute particular cases that the

Information

s. 2(d)] Means a formal criminal charge made by a prosecutor without a grand-jury indictment. The information is used to prosecute

Vexatious indictments

named, should be presented to a grand jury, unless the prosecutor had been bound over by recognizance to prosecute, or unless

Traversing Indictment

of misdemeanour, and provides, by s. 27, that no person prosecuted shall be entitled to traverse or postpone the trial of

Sue

Sue, mean 'to sue' signify not only 'to prosecute' but also 'to defend' or 'to do something' which the

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