to be liable to prosecution
1liable to prosecution — index actionable, blameful, blameworthy, justiciable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2liable — li·a·ble / lī ə bəl/ adj [ultimately from Old French lier to bind, from Latin ligare] 1: answerable according to law: bound or obligated according to law or equity one is liable as an accomplice to the crime of another W. R. LaFave and A. W.… …
3liable — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ make sb, render sb ▪ Failure to provide insurance rendered him liable to prosecution …
4prosecution — noun 1 trying to prove sb s guilt in court ADJECTIVE ▪ criminal, federal (AmE), private (BrE) ▪ successful ▪ possible ▪ He faces possible prosecution …
5malicious prosecution — n: the tort of initiating a criminal prosecution or civil suit against another party with malice and without probable cause; also: an action for damages based on this tort brought after termination of the proceedings in favor of the party seeking …
6Selective prosecution — In politics, selective prosecution refers to the partisan use of government resources to punish political enemies, as for example, in the prosecution of Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, which was part of the dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy …
7Immunity from prosecution (international law) — Immunity from prosecution is a doctrine of international law that allows an accused to avoid prosecution for criminal offences. Immunities are of two types. The first is functional immunity, or immunity ratione materiae . This is an immunity… …
8Consent (criminal) — In the criminal law, consent may be an excuse and prevent the defendant from incurring liability for what was done. For a more general discussion, see Dennis J. Baker, The Moral Limits of Consent as a Defense in the Criminal Law, 11(4) New… …
9Consent (criminal law) — Criminal defenses Pa …
10Gregorius Nekschot — is the pseudonym of a controversial Dutch cartoonist who mocks political ideas about Dutch multicultural society and the behaviour of people with rigid religious or ideological views. Muslims are frequently subject of his cartoons. Gregorius… …
