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Relating to a prosecuting criminal cases.
Prosecutorial misconduct can lead to the lawyers disbarment.
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prosecutorial — pros·e·cu·to·ri·al /ˌprä si kyü tōr ē əl/ adj: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
prosecutorial — [präs΄ə kyo͞o tôr′ē əl] adj. 1. of or having to do with a prosecutor 2. like a prosecutor, as in being relentless, aggressive, etc. in the pursuit of some goal … English World dictionary
prosecutorial — /pros i kyoo tawr ee euhl, tohr /, adj. of or pertaining to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal. [1970 75; PROSECUTOR + IAL] * * * … Universalium
prosecutorial — adj. Prosecutorial is used with these nouns: ↑misconduct … Collocations dictionary
prosecutorial — prosecutor ► NOUN 1) a person, especially a public official, who prosecutes someone. 2) a lawyer who conducts the case against a defendant. DERIVATIVES prosecutorial adjective … English terms dictionary
prosecutorial discretion — n. A prosecuting attorney s option to make choices with regard to charges, plea bargaining, sentence recommendation, and so on. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
prosecutorial misconduct — n. An illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
prosecutorial complaint — index information (charge) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Prosecutorial misconduct — In jurisprudence, prosecutorial misconduct is a procedural defense; via which, a defendant may argue that they should not be held criminally liable for actions which may have broken the law, because the prosecution acted in an inappropriate or… … Wikipedia
Prosecutorial immunity — In United States law, Prosecutorial immunity (or immunity from prosecution) occurs when a prosecutor grants immunity, usually to a witness in exchange for testimony or production of other evidence. It is immunity because the prosecutor… … Wikipedia
