PROSECUTION Definition & Meaning

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prosecution

[ pros-i-kyoo-shuhn ]

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noun

Law.
1. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person.
2. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
the following up of something undertaken or begun, usually to its completion.

prosecution

/ ˌ��ɒ��ɪˈ��ːʃə�� /

noun

the act of prosecuting or the state of being prosecuted
1. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a person
2. the proceedings brought in the name of the Crown to put an accused on trial
the lawyers acting for the Crown to put the case against a person Compare defence
the following up or carrying on of something begun, esp with a view to its accomplishment or completion

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of prosecution¹

First recorded in 1555–65; from Late Latin ��ō��ū�پ�ō��-, stem of ��ō��ū�پ�ō “follow-up”; equivalent to prosecute + -ion

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There have been few criminal prosecutions of county staffers accused of abuse in the lawsuits.

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The evidence from psychiatrists commissioned by both the defence and the prosecution all pointed the same way - Sharkey's mental illness meant she had a partial defence to murder.

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However in March 2025, on the eve of her trial, the prosecution accepted a plea of manslaughter based on medical reports.

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Liu noted that belief could have been based on the prosecution’s gang expert’s testimony that “snitching was not allowed within gang culture, even if someone was snitching on a rival gang.”

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The officer confirmed a prosecution for manslaughter would have been brought had Mr Woods survived.

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