criminal prosecution

Other forms: criminal prosecutions

Definitions of criminal prosecution
  1. noun
    the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
    synonyms: prosecution
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    types:
    double jeopardy
    the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution
    type of:
    action, action at law, legal action
    a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
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