Definition of prosecute

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Prosecute (v. i.) To follow after.

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Pursuable :: Pursuable (a.) Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted..
Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
Tyburn Ticket :: Tyburn ticket () A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices..
Prosecuted :: Prosecuted (imp. & p. p.) of Prosecut.
Pursue :: Pursue (v. t.) To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law..
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot..
Prosecutable :: Prosecutable (a.) Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.
Nolle Prosequi :: Nolle prosequi () Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants..
Labor :: Labor (v. t.) To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre/uously; as, to labor a point or argument..
Nol-pros :: Nol-pros (v. t.) To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.
Prosecutor :: Prosecutor (n.) One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business..
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service..
Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain..
Sue :: Sue (v. i.) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages..
Proceeding :: Proceeding (n.) The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding..
Sue :: Sue (v. t.) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially..
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses..
Diligent :: Diligent (a.) Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.
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