PROSECUTING WITNESS
\pɹˈɒsɪkjˌuːtɪŋ wˈɪtnəs], \pɹˈɒsɪkjˌuːtɪŋ wˈɪtnəs], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_s_ɪ_k_j_ˌuː_t_ɪ_ŋ w_ˈɪ_t_n_ə_s]\
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This name is given to the private person upon whose complaint or information a criminal accusation is founded and whose testimony is mainly relied on to secure a conviction at the trial; in a more particular sense, the person who was chiefly injured, in person or property, by the act constituting the alleged crime, (as in cases of robbery, assault, criminal negligence, battery, and the like,) and who instigates the prosecution and gives evidence.
By Henry Campbell Black
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hydromorphic
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