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When a prosecutor outside of the office of the Attorney General or Congress is appointed to prosecute a federal government official for a wrongful act. The need for a special prosecutor in this situation is due to a conflict of interest that exists. … [Read more...] about SPECIAL PROSECUTOR

This is the official designation of the president or chairman of certain legislative bodies, particularly of the house, of representatives in the congress of the United States, of one or both branches of several of the state legislatures and of the two houses of the British parliament. The term "speaker," as used in reference to either of the houses of parliament signifies the … [Read more...] about SPEAKER

The leader of the House of Representatives and who speaks on their behalf. … [Read more...] about SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

equity pleading. One which contains an argument in the body of it; as, for instance, when a demurrer says, in or about the year 1770, which is upwards of twenty years before the bill filed. See DEMURRER … [Read more...] about SPEAKING DEMURRER

See ORDER … [Read more...] about SPEAKING ORDER