{"id":14274,"date":"2018-02-18T20:40:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T20:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14274"},"modified":"2018-02-24T20:25:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T20:25:48","slug":"prosecutor-an-attorney-who-represents-the-state-or-federal-government-in-criminal-prosecution-or-a-private-person-who-carries-on-a-criminal-or-civil-action","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14274","title":{"rendered":"prosecutor – an attorney who represents the state or federal government in criminal prosecution, or a private person who carries on a criminal or civil action"},"content":{"rendered":"

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prosecutor<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\nn. (16c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A private person who institutes and carries on a legal action, especially a criminal action.<\/strong> \u2014 aka private prosecutor<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. \u2014 prosecutorial<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, adj<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. A legal officer who represents the state or federal government in criminal proceedings.\u00a0<\/strong> See DISTRICT ATTORNEY; UNITED STATES ATTORNEY; ATTORNEY GENERAL. \u2014 aka public prosecutor<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; state’s attorney<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; public commissioner<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A prosecuting attorney; a prosecuting officer; a prosecuting witness.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The plaintiff or petitioner for a writ of certiorari<\/a> is called a prosecutor in some jurisdiction. State, Cape May etc., Railway C o v Cape May<\/em>, 59 NJL 396, 36 A 696<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A public official, elected or appointed, who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of her jurisdiction.\u00a0 EXAMPLES: the district attorney of a county; the attorney general of a state; a United States Attorney.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. A person who commences or maintains a civil action.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, see:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

prosecuting attorney<\/span><\/a> – an elected or appointed attorney at law<\/a>, who serves as a public officer, to conduct criminal prosecutions<\/a> on behalf of his jurisdiction<\/a>.\u00a0 A district attorney<\/a> actively\u00a0 serving as prosecutor<\/a> in a case.<\/span><\/strong>
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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/a>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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