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TRIAL |
Legal process |
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PROCEED |
To begin and carry on a legal process. |
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COMPLAINANT |
One who commences a legal process by a complaint. |
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ATTACHMENT |
A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal
process. |
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APPREHEND |
Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process;
to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. |
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APPREHENSION |
The act of seizing or taking by legal process;
arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. |
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SUE |
To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its
proper termination; to gain by legal process. |
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PROSECUTE |
To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute
a right or a claim in a court of law. |
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ABSCOND |
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's
self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal
process; as, an absconding debtor. |
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CAUSE |
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a
party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right;
case; ground of action. |
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CONVICTION |
A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having
jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of
being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal. |
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PROSECUTION |
... of a
criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an
offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment
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SUIT |
The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or
process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a
court for justic... |
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RECOVER |
...ds in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by
legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant. ... |
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ATTACH |
To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and
bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; --
applied to a taking of ... |