prosecution

Significado (Inglês)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
2. (countable, uncountable) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
3. (countable, uncountable) The prosecuting party.
4. (countable, uncountable) In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor.

Conceitos

processo

prosseguimento

acusação

missão

ação judicial

processo legal

magistratura

procuradoria

Sinônimos

pursuance

indictment

lawsuit

charge

pursuit

accusation

suit

action

complaint

criminal prosecution

continuing

dispute

district attorney

errand

execution

law-suit

mission

missions

performance

persecution

proceedings

prosecutor

suing

trial

working-out

carrying out

implementation

bringing a suit against

filing a suit against

informing against

following up

mish

abidance

public prosecutor's office

accuser

arraignment

bill of indictment

case

chase

commission

contention

continuance

continuation

Traduções

poursuite

accusation

proceso

parquet

processo

Anklage

poursuites

accusa

δίωξη

proseguimento

ποινική δίωξη

Klage

Betreibung

Verfolgung

Antrag

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌpɹɑ.səˈkju.ʃən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Equivalent to prosecute + -ion, from Middle French prosecution, from Late Latin prōsecutio, from Latin prōsequor (“follow, pursue”), from pro- (“onward”) + sequor (“follow”) (English sequel). Compare persecution, and see more at prosecute.