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单词 adversarial system
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adversarial system
adversarial system n. (a) Law a system of criminal justice in which opposing cases for prosecution and defence are presented to a judge or jury who determines a verdict; (b) Politics a parliamentary system in which the governing party and an officially recognized opposition tend to persist in a state of institutionalized conflict.The adversarial system of criminal law is principally found in the United Kingdom, the United States, and former colonies or dependencies of either, and is often contrasted with the inquisitorial system (originating in continental Europe) in which the delegates of a court conduct their own investigation: see inquisitorial adj. 3.
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1953 Chicago Bar Rec. Nov. 54/2 This strategy is equally effective when instituted by a prosecutor. That is an ever-present feature of the adversarial system of jury trials.
1979 H. M. Drucker Multi-party Brit. 17 Many of the once salient features of the two-party adversarial system are no longer evident.
1991 K. Maguire Politics in S. Afr. v. 129 If the whites were to concede the principle of majority rule, did that mean in an adversarial system such as the British parliament?
2006 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 16 Sept. 1 I think our adversarial system leads to situations where the trial process can almost descend into farce sometimes.
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