Definition of prosecutorial in English:
prosecutorial
adjective ˌprɒsɪkjuːˈtɔːrɪəlˌprɑsəkjəˈtɔriəl
Relating to the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.
the government's prosecutorial powers against suspected terrorists
charges of prosecutorial misconduct
Example sentencesExamples
- Legislative reforms could ensure meaningful checks against excessive prosecutorial zeal in their use of the grand jury.
- Faced with accusations of gross prosecutorial misconduct by defense attorneys, he was forced to remove himself from the case.
- He is free to exercise federal prosecutorial discretion.
- She thinks that doping investigations are unfairly prosecutorial, and that the punishments are less about the athletes and more about politics.
- The principles are designed to ensure that accused persons induced to plead guilty pursuant to an agreement with prosecutorial authorities are accorded procedural fairness.
- Abuses of prosecutorial authority have continued unabated.
- She called it "a reprehensible case of prosecutorial misconduct."
- They are pushing for a draft amendment to the code of criminal procedure that would curtail prosecutorial powers.
- The two senators were angered by what they saw as prosecutorial abuse and harsh sentences given to those former agents.
- The investigative and prosecutorial resources of the police can be utilised.
- To date, the Administration has given scant public indication of its prosecutorial strategy.
- Prosecutorial discretion is an essential feature of our criminal justice system.
Definition of prosecutorial in US English:
prosecutorial
adjectiveˌprɑsəkjəˈtɔriəlˌpräsəkyəˈtôrēəl
Relating to the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.
the government's prosecutorial powers against suspected terrorists
charges of prosecutorial misconduct
Example sentencesExamples
- She called it "a reprehensible case of prosecutorial misconduct."
- Faced with accusations of gross prosecutorial misconduct by defense attorneys, he was forced to remove himself from the case.
- They are pushing for a draft amendment to the code of criminal procedure that would curtail prosecutorial powers.
- He is free to exercise federal prosecutorial discretion.
- The principles are designed to ensure that accused persons induced to plead guilty pursuant to an agreement with prosecutorial authorities are accorded procedural fairness.
- She thinks that doping investigations are unfairly prosecutorial, and that the punishments are less about the athletes and more about politics.
- Prosecutorial discretion is an essential feature of our criminal justice system.
- Legislative reforms could ensure meaningful checks against excessive prosecutorial zeal in their use of the grand jury.
- The two senators were angered by what they saw as prosecutorial abuse and harsh sentences given to those former agents.
- To date, the Administration has given scant public indication of its prosecutorial strategy.
- The investigative and prosecutorial resources of the police can be utilised.
- Abuses of prosecutorial authority have continued unabated.