n
(obsolete, law) the process of criminal accusation
adj
Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
n
The condition of tending to accuse.
n
(archaic) A male accuser;
adj
Containing or implying accusation.
adj
Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.
v
Pronunciation spelling of accusing.
n
Alternative spelling of accuser [One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.]
n
Obsolete form of accuser. [One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.]
n
One who asserts or avers.
n
attainder; attainture; conviction
n
Alternative form of auto da fe [The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.]
n
(law) One of two or more people accused of the same offence
n
However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
v
(transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
adj
(law) Produced through the compulsory participation of the accused; violating the accused's right to avoid self-incrimination.
v
(obsolete) to controvert
v
To make a counteraccusation.
v
(phonology, of a phonological rule) To fail to feed.
n
The act of countermanding.
v
(transitive) To swear against; to take one's oath against.
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
adj
Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing.
v
To mark a perceived wrong by initiating an attack on the wrongdoers
n
(law) A formal objection.
n
A solemn or formal declaration
n
A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
n
(law) The act of trying someone twice for the same offense, especially after an acquittal in the first trial.
n
Obsolete spelling of impeachment [(countable, law) A demonstration in a court of law, or before another finder of fact, that a witness was ingenuine before, and is therefore less likely to tell the truth now.]
n
(historical) A legal procedure in Ancient Greece in which a wrongdoer is denounced to the magistrate.
adj
(literally, law) Guilty to the same extent as one is charged; guilty to the court's accusations exactly as they were presented.
n
(countable, law) A demonstration in a court of law, or before another finder of fact, that a witness was ingenuine before, and is therefore less likely to tell the truth now.
adj
(politics, humorous) Relating to impeachment.
n
(law) The act of appealing or revoking
n
That which has been imputed or charged.
n
The act of incriminating someone; accusation
n
Blame; censure; crimination.
v
(law) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
n
(countable, uncountable) An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.
n
The act of accusing each other.
n
One who, or that which, makes invalid.
n
One who justifies or vindicates.
v
To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
n
law of equivalent retaliation.
n
(Scotland, law, historical) A method for the prevention of calumnious and unnecessary suits, by which both parties at the beginning of a cause swear, either by themselves or their counsel, that the facts set forth by them are true.
v
(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
n
(rare) The act of objuring; a firm binding by oath.
n
That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
n
One who is on probation.
n
One who cries out against or contradicts.
n
A counter or mutual accusation.
n
An argument or example that refutes.
n
Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof.
n
(law) A plea of self-defense.
n
(law) The right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, which can be used as justification in several charges including murder, assault, and battery.
n
(obsolete, nonce word) A slight charge or accusation.
n
(UK) A legal injunction which also prohibits any mention of its existence to the media or public.
n
An invocation of that right.
adj
Vindicating, having a tendency to vindicate.
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