{"id":14617,"date":"2018-02-24T20:19:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T20:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14617"},"modified":"2018-02-24T20:36:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T20:36:37","slug":"prosecuting-attorney-an-elected-or-appointed-attorney-at-law-who-serves-as-a-public-officer-to-conduct-criminal-prosecutions-on-behalf-of-his-jurisdiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14617","title":{"rendered":"prosecuting attorney – an elected or appointed attorney at law, who serves as a public officer, to conduct criminal prosecutions on behalf of his jurisdiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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prosecuting attorney<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> See DISTRICT ATTORNEY. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A public officer elected or appointed, as provided by constitution or statute, to conduct suits, generally criminal, on behalf of the state in his jurisdiction. 42 Am j1st pros Atty \u00a7 2<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Broadly, any attorney at law<\/a> who represents the state or political body under which a criminal prosecution is waged.\u00a0 The officer attending on grand jurors, with matters on which they are to pass, aiding in the examination of witnesses, and giving such general instructions as they may require, but under duty to retire while the jury is deliberating on the evidence or voting on a matter under investigation. 24 Am J1st Grand J \u00a7 43<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A public official, elected or appointed, who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of his jurisdiction.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. A private person who institutes and carries on a legal action, especially a criminal action.<\/strong> \u2014 aka private<\/span> prosecutor<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. \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\u2019s attorney<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; public commissioner<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

private prosecutor<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. One appointed to assist the state in a particular criminal case or requested to appear by the regular prosecutor. 24 Am J1st Grand J \u00a7 43<\/span>.
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See relator. [2]
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1. An attorney who is not herself a public officer who is appointed to assist the government in the prosecution fo a particular criminal case.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

public prosecutor<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> See PROSECUTOR (1).<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> See DISTRICT ATTORNEY.<\/span><\/p>\n

special prosecutor<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> (1859) A lawyer appointed to investigate and, if justified, seek indictments in a particular case.<\/strong>\u00a0 See independent counsel<\/em> under COUNSEL. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Special counsel employed to assist the prosecuting attorney in the conduct of a criminal prosecution.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Independent counsel appointed to investigate and, if warranted, to prosecute high government officials.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

relator<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. A person beneficially interested on whose behalf an action is maintained by the state or sovereign power, the action being, as it is said, as ex rel action, brought on the relation of\u00a0 a person having a beneficial interest. 35 Am J1st Mand \u00a7 319<\/span>; 44 Am J1st Quo W \u00a7 73<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The informer in a qui tam action. 36 Am J2d Forf & P \u00a7 79<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

relatrix <\/span>– Feminine of relator.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. 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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