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Definition of Prosecuting
1. prosecute [v] - See also: prosecute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosecuting
Literary usage of Prosecuting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Careers for Women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"The prosecuting attorney is sometimes called the State's attorney. ... Upon its
criminal side, the occupation of prosecuting attorney consists in ..."
2. Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation by Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma (1875)
"SOLICITORS OR prosecuting ATTORNEYS. Sec.. A solicitor, or prosecuting attorney,
shall be appointed or chosen, for each district, by a joint vote of both ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"trial between the attorney for the defense and the prosecuting attorney as to
the agreement to Introduce this affidavit as evidence. ..."
4. A Treatise on Criminal Procedure by Francis Wharton, James Manford Kerr (1918)
"prosecuting attorney occupies semi-judicial post. § 1491. ... prosecuting attorney
not to open confessions or matter of doubtful admissibility, nor unfairly ..."
5. A Treatise on the Criminal Law of the United States by Francis Wharton (1874)
"Here, if there be no statutory impediment, a motion in arrest may be entertained.
A2 V. INDICTMENT MUST BE SANCTIONED BY THE prosecuting ATTORNEY. § 474. ..."
6. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1889)
"The prosecuting Attorney, Public Administrator, and County Judge. Besides the
prosecuting attorney, chosen like other officials by popular vote, ..."
7. A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within by Curtis Holbrook Lindley (1897)
"To what extent does the Inception of a tunnel right and its perpetuation by
prosecuting work with reasonable diligence operate as a withdrawal of the sur§ ..."
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