Prosecute - Law Dictionary Search Results
Sue
Sue, mean 'to sue' signify not only 'to prosecute' but also 'to defend' or 'to do something' which the law requires for the better prosecution or defence
Recognisance
act, as if he, or the party for whom he is surety, shall appear at the assizes to prosecute a person, or to come up for judgment when called upon, or shall prosecute an appeal, or shall
Preferred
liberty win language may be necessary. Black's Law Dictionary gives the following meaning: PREFER: To bring before; to prosecute; to try to proceed with. Thus, preferring an indictment signifies prosecuting or trying an indictment. To give advantage,
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Implead
To institute and prosecute a suit against in court to sue or prosecute at law hence to accuse to impeach
non prosequitur
non prosequitur [Late Latin, he or she does not prosecute] : a judgment entered against a plaintiff for failure to appear to prosecute a suit compare nolle prosequi
Public prosecutor
1987 SC 877: (1987) 1 SCC 288: (1987) 1 SCR 702. The King, in whose name criminal are prosecuted, because all offences are said to be against the King's peace, his Crown and dignity. By the (English)
double jeopardy
jeopardy : the prosecution of a person for an offense for which he or she has already been prosecuted - see also jeopardy, Amendment V to the Constitution in the back matter compare merger NOTE: The Fifth
conspiracy
the conspirators act separately and successively (as in distributing narcotics) civil conspiracy : a conspiracy that is not prosecuted as a crime but that forms the grounds for a lawsuit criminal conspiracy : a conspiracy prosecuted as
Action
S. 1-201(1). Action is to be an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which one party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or
Bill of Rights
by levying money for the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, without consent of Parliament; by prosecuting those who petitioned the King, and discouraging petitions; by raising and keeping a standing army in time of
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