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Definition of Prosecutions
1. prosecution [n] - See also: prosecution
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosecutions
Literary usage of Prosecutions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Labor Legislation by John Rogers Commons, John Bertram Andrews (1920)
"(5) Penalties and prosecutions Behind all laws and administrative rules having the
... Officials sometimes point to their record of numerous prosecutions as ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1916)
"the Federal court 8 it was said that it is well settled that state officers may
be enjoined from threatened prosecutions to enforce a void statute, ..."
3. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"Vaccination prosecutions at Dundee. SIR JOHN LENG (Dundee) : To ask the ...
The number of prosecutions, of course, depends on the number of defaulters. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"De regarded as a few scattered handfuls of individuals, whose case could be
satisfactorily dealt with by a few judicial prosecutions. ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"... criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public
trial by an impartial jury. The third assignment is, that the Supreme ..."
6. Principles of Labor Legislation by John Rogers Commons, John Bertram Andrews (1920)
"tions and in the conduct of such prosecutions in the courts. By arrangements with
district attorneys, counsel to the commission actually conducts the ..."