You know the lawyers who try to make the jury believe the guy on trial for stealing the bananas actually stole the bananas? That team of lawyers is known as the prosecution.
The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind;
Noun
the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
Noun
the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
Noun
the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
n.
The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring
to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind;
as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the
prosecution of war.
n.
The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court
of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some
wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a
complaining party, as distinguished from defense.
n.
The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a
criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an
offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment
on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.
n.
The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
Prosecution
Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics . . . in prosecution of their various duties.2.
The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind;
Usage Examples
The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution.
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Other Usage ExamplesTo be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
So my own suspicion is that the attorney has stopped this prosecution because part of her defence was to question legality and that would have brought his advice into the public domain again and there was something fishy about the way in which he said war was legal.
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