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Prosecution
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(n.) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prosecution'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/prosecution.html. 1828.
