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Indictment

1 QBD 201] of the justices either to summon the alleged offender before them, or to leave the prosecutor to his remedy by indictment unsupported by the preliminary commitment or admission to bail. Two prisoners separately indicted

Ex dolo malo non oritur actio

(1767) 2 Wils. 341; 1 Sm. L.C., where it has held that a bond given to induce the prosecutor of an indictment for perjury to withhold his evidence could not be recovered upon. Consult Broom's Leg. Max.

accusatorial

is accused of a crime and is tried in public by a judge who is not also the prosecutor compare adversary, inquisitorial ac·cus·a·to·ri·al·ly adv

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corpus delicti

corpus delicti [New Latin, literally, the body of the offense] : the substance of a crime that the prosecutor must prove and that consists of an injury or loss (as death of a victim or disappearance of

detainer

one's possession ;specif : unlawful detainer 2 : detention in custody 3 : a notification sent by a prosecutor, judge, or other official advising a prison official that a prisoner is wanted to answer criminal charges and

independent counsel

when the Attorney General would face a conflict of interest). The independent counsel was formally called a special prosecutor until 1983.

jury trial

usually in writing, as well as, in federal cases, the approval of the court and consent of the prosecutor. There is no right to a jury trial in equity cases. When a civil case involves both legal

misconduct

: an attorney's violation of the standards set for professional conduct ;also : an attorney's and esp. a prosecutor's use of deceptive or reprehensible methods in presenting a case to a jury d : impermissible behavior by

nolle prosequi

nolle prosequi [Latin, to be unwilling to pursue] : an entry in a criminal action denoting that the prosecutor will not prosecute the case further in whole or as to one or more of several counts or

plea bargain

plea bargain The process in which the defendant and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. It