prosecution

n.

1. The act of prosecuting.
2. The institution and conduct of a legal proceeding.
3. See prosecuting attorney.

noun

The act of beginning and carrying through to completion: discharge, effectuation, execution, performance. See do/not do.

The act of pursuing a lawsuit or criminal trial; also, the party initiating a criminal suit, i.e., the state. Where the civil litigant, or the state in a criminal trial, fails to move the case towards final resolution or trial as required by the court schedule, the matter may be dismissed for want of prosecution or for failure to prosecute. See malicious prosecution.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant
  Antonym: defense (meaning #8)

Meaning #2: the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
  Antonym: defense (meaning #3)

Meaning #3: the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
  Synonym: pursuance

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forfølgelse, udøvelse, retsforfølgning

Nederlands (Dutch)
vervolging, officier van justitie

Français (French)
n. - (Jur) poursuites judiciaires, (Jur) le plaignant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verfolgung, Anklage

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (νομ.) ποινική δίωξη, κατηγορούσα αρχή, μηνυτής, συνέχιση

Italiano (Italian)
accusa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - acusação (f)

Русский (Russian)
обвинение

Español (Spanish)
n. - proceso, juicio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fullföljande, bedrivande, utförande, åtal, åklagarsidan

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
实行, 起诉, 经营

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 實行, 起訴, 經營

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 실행, 수행

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 犯罪訴追手続き, 起訴者側, 遂行, 実行, 続行, 従事

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اتخاذ الاجراءات القانونيه ضده, مقاضاة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תביעה (משפטית), הצד התובע במשפט, עיסוק, המשכה‬

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