to accuse (charge) judicially

  • 1Accuse — Ac*cuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accusing}.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. {Cause}.] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense;… …

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  • 2accuse — ac·cuse vb ac·cused, ac·cus·ing [Latin accusare to find fault with, charge with a crime, from ad to, at + causa legal case, trial] vt: to charge with an offense judicially or by a public process compare indict vi: to make or bring an accusation… …

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  • 3accuse — verb (accused; accusing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French accuser, from Latin accusare to call to account, from ad + causa lawsuit Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to charge with a fault or offense ; …

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  • 4Accused — Accuse Ac*cuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accusing}.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. {Cause}.] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or… …

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  • 5Accusing — Accuse Ac*cuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accusing}.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. {Cause}.] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or… …

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  • 6Judicial system of the People's Republic of China — For the Ministry of Justice, see Ministry of Justice of the People s Republic of China. People s Republic of China This article is part of the series: Politics and government of …

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  • 7Dirty War — For other uses, see Dirty War (disambiguation). Argentinean Dirty War Part of Operation Condor …

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  • 8Canadian federal election, 2008 — 2006 ← members October 14, 2008 (2008 10 14) …

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  • 9tax — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to estimate, assess, tax, from Anglo French taxer, from Medieval Latin taxare, from Latin, to feel, estimate, censure, frequentative of tangere to touch more at tangent Date: 14th century 1. to assess …

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  • 10Franklin D. Roosevelt — Infobox President name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt order=32nd President of the United States term start= March 4, 1933 term end= April 12, 1945 predecessor= Herbert Hoover successor= Harry S. Truman order2=44th Governor of New York term start2=… …

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