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Definition of Public prosecutor

1. Noun. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Prosecutor

Literary usage of Public prosecutor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Comparative Administrative Law: An Analysis of the Administrative Systems by Frank Johnson Goodnow (1893)
"public prosecutor. — While England is the home of private prosecution, which also lies at the basis of the system in the United States, France is the ..."

2. A General View of the Criminal Law of England by James Fitzjames Stephen (1863)
"The absence of a public prosecutor. 2. The indictment, and the system of criminal pleading. 3. The practice of not interrogating the prisoner. 4. ..."

3. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1913)
"The public prosecutor. — In the 1300s the official prosecution was already armed almost cap-à-pie ; then appeared its principal medium, the public ..."

4. A History of Continental Criminal Procedure, with Special Reference to France by Adhémar Esmein, René Garraud, Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier (1913)
"The public prosecutor. — In the 1300s the official prosecution was already armed almost cap-a-pie; then appeared its principal medium, the public prosecutor ..."

5. Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr (late Vice President of the by Harman Blennerhassett, Israel Smith, David Robertson (1808)
"In the hands of a zealous public prosecutor, it would be the most dangerous weapon that could be employed for the destruction of civil liberty. ..."

6. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"What saidst thou, my Lord, the other day, about the public prosecutor ? " asked Mr. P. " Which you were thoroughly justified, Sir Laet One, ..."

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