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prosecution
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 prosecution
The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior.
synoniem: criminal prosecution.
Roget 969:
lawsuit,
suit,
action,
cause;
litigation;
suit in law;
dispute
etc.
713.
citation,
arraignment,
prosecution,
impeachment;
accusation
etc.
938;
presentment,
true bill,
indictment.
apprehension,
arrest;
committal;
imprisonment
etc.
(restraint)
751.
writ,
summons,
subpoena,
latitat†,
nisi prius [Lat.];
venire,
venire facias pleadings [Lat.];
declaration,
bill,
claim;
proces verbal [Fr.];
bill of right,
information,
corpus delicti;
affidavit,
state of facts;
answer,
reply,
replication,
plea,
demurrer,
rebutter,
rejoinder;
surrebutter†,
surrejoinder†.
suitor,
party to a suit;
plaintiff,
defendant,
litigant
etc.
938.
hearing,
trial;
verdict
etc.
(judgment)
480;
appeal,
appeal motion;
writ of error;
certiorari [Lat.].
case;
decision,
precedent;
decided case,
reports
(legal reference works, see reference books)..
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Nederlands: gerechtelijke vervolging, vervolging, strafvervolging, strafvordering
2 prosecution
The lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant.
3 prosecution
The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion.
synoniem: pursuance.
Roget 622:
pursuit;
pursuing
etc.
v.;
prosecution;
pursuance;
enterprise
etc.
(undertaking)
676;
business
etc.
625;
adventure
etc.
(essay)
675;
quest
etc.
(search)
461;
scramble,
hue and cry,
game;
hobby;
still-hunt.
chase,
hunt,
battue†,
race,
steeple chase,
hunting,
coursing;
venation,
venery;
fox chase;
sport,
sporting;
shooting,
angling,
fishing,
hawking;
shikar
(Geog loc:India).
pursuer;
hunter,
huntsman;
shikari
(Geog loc:India),
sportsman,
Nimrod;
hound
etc.
366.
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Moby betekeniswoordenboek: accusal, accusation, accusing, action, allegation, allegement, arraignment, bill of particulars, blame, bringing of charges, bringing to book, carrying out, case, cause, cause in court, charge, chase, complaint, completion, count, delation, denouncement, denunciation, discharge, dogging, effectuation, enforcement, execution, follow, follow-up, following, fulfillment, hue and cry, hunting, impeachment, implication, imputation, indictment, information, innuendo, insinuation, judicial process, lawsuit, laying of charges, legal action, legal case, legal proceedings, legal process, legal remedy, litigation, observance, plaint, proceedings, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, reproach, searching, seeking, shadowing, stalking, suit, suit at law, taxing, tracking, tracking down, trailing, transaction, true bill, unspoken accusation, veiled accusation ... meer laten zien.
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