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VerbarNolle prosequi
Will not prosecute an entry on the record denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit or the attorney for the public
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summons
lieu of a warrant for arrest by an authorized judicial officer (as a magistrate) upon request of a prosecuting attorney c : a notification to appear for jury service d : a notification to appear as a witness
independent counsel
: an official appointed by the court at the request of the U.S. Attorney General to investigate and prosecute criminal violations by high government officials, members of Congress, or directors of a presidential reelection campaign after a
Prosecution
Prosecution, a proceeding either by way of indict-ment or information, in the criminal courts, in order to put an … upon his trial. In all criminal prosecutions the King is nominally the prosecutor. See titles PUBLIC PROSECUTOR and ADVOCATE, LORD. The word 'prosecution' as used in Article 20 contemplated a proceeding of a criminal nature either before
Privilege
might become the subject of proceedings in a Court of law; the power of directing the Attorney-General to prosecute persons accused of offences against the law or affecting the privilege of Parliament; and finally, a power vested
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)
[See (English) Criminal Appeal Rules, 1908]. The decision of the Court is final, unless the Director of Public Prosecutions, or the prosecutor or the defendant, obtains the certificate of the Attorney-General that the Court's decision involves a
Dominus litis
1961)] The controller of a suit or litigation; also an advocate who, after the death of his client, prosecuted a suit to sentence for the executor's use, Civil Law Dominus litis, the plaintiff is dominus litis, that … 16. [M.P. Accomodation Central Act, 1961 (41 of 1961)] The controller of a suit or litigation; also an advocate who, after the death of his client, prosecuted a suit to sentence for the executor's use, Civil Law
Master of the Crown Office
Crown Office, the Crown coroner and attorney in the criminal department of the court of King's Bench, who prosecuted at the relation of some private person or common in former, the Crown being the nominal prosecutor, 6
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