This name is given to the private person upon whose complaint or Information a criminal accusation is founded and whose testimony ia mainly relied on to secure a conviction at the trial; in a more particular sense, the person who was chiefly Injured, in person or property, by the act constituting the alleged crime, (as in cases of robbery, assault, criminal negligence, … [Read more...]

An unincorporated business that is owned by one person, also known as a sole proprietorship. The law typically provides for unlimited personal liability for sole proprietorships. … [Read more...]

crim. law. The means adopted to bring a supposed offender to justice and punishment by due course of law. 2. Prosecutions are carried on in the name of the government, and have for their principal object the security and happiness of the people in general. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In criminal law. A criminal action; a proceeding instituted and carried on by … [Read more...]

In Massachusetts colonial ordinance of 1741 is nearly, if not precisely, equivalent to property. Com. v. Alger, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 53, 70. In old English law. Property. "Propriety in action; propriety In possession; mixed propriety." Hale, Anal. … [Read more...]

(A) An attorney employed by local, state or federal government to bring and litigate criminal cases against persons charged with a crime. (B) practice. He who prosecutes another for a crime in the name of the government. 2. Prosecutors are public or private. The public prosecutor is an officer appointed by the government, to prosecute all offences; he is the attorney general or … [Read more...]