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district attorney

noun

  1. an officer who acts as attorney for the people or government within a specified district.


district attorney

noun

  1. (in the US) the state prosecuting officer in a specified judicial district
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district attorney

  1. An official responsible for representing the government in court cases and for prosecuting criminals.
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Origin of district attorney1

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
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Representatives from the mayor’s and the city district attorney’s offices did not respond to inquiries.

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Before she became vice president, Harris served as the San Francisco district attorney and California’s attorney general, and also in 2016 was elected to the U.S.

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But his bail was set at $25,000, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

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“The escalation from targeting a testifying witness to making a direct death threat against the elected district attorney of Fulton County is a grave and unprecedented attack on the justice system,†the motion said.

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Department of Justice report criticizes the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the district attorney’s past use of jail informants.

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