accusatorial

  • 1Accusatorial — Ac*cu sa*to ri*al, a. Accusatory. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2accusatorial — ac·cus·a·to·ri·al /ə ˌkyü zə tōr ē əl/ adj: of, relating to, or being a form of criminal prosecution in which a person is accused of a crime and is tried in public by a judge who is not also the prosecutor compare adversary, inquisitorial… …

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  • 3accusatorial — [ə kyo͞o΄zə tôr′ē əl] adj. [L accusatorius: see ACCUSE] of, or in the manner of, an accuser …

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  • 4accusatorial procedure — a procedure that resolves a dispute between the parties by having one bring the other to court and challenging the other over the issues. The role of the judge is to maintain fair play – it is an umpiring role rather than a participating role.… …

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  • 5accusatorial system — >> adversary system. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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  • 6accusatorial accusatory accusing — inculpative inculpative adj. Inculpatory. [Narrower terms: {accusatorial, accusatory, accusing}; {comminatory, denunciative, denunciatory}; {condemnatory, condemning ; {criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory ; {damnatory, damning… …

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  • 7accusatorial — accusatorially, adv. /euh kyooh zeuh tawr ee euhl, tohr /, adj. of, like, or pertaining to an accuser. [1815 25; ACCUSATORY + AL1] * * * …

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  • 8accusatorial — adjective a) Containing or implying accusation. b) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertained by the judge or jury from evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence. Ant: inquisitorial …

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  • 9accusatorial — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Containing, relating to, or involving an accusation: accusatory, denunciative, denunciatory. See ATTACK, ATTITUDE, PRAISE …

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  • 10accusatorial — adj. accusatory, placing blame …

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