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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French accuser, from [[Latin]] accusare to call to account, from ad- + causa lawsuit | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French accuser, from [[Latin]] accusare to call to account, from ad- + causa lawsuit | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1: to charge with a fault or [[offense]] : blame | *1: to charge with a fault or [[offense]] : blame | ||
*2: to charge with an offense [[judicially]] or by a [[public]] [[process]] | *2: to charge with an offense [[judicially]] or by a [[public]] [[process]] | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | A [[criminal]] '''accusation''' is the [[process]] of [[declaring]] one's [[belief]] in another's liability for that other's criminal [[action]](s). A criminal accusation may be informally made through a [[declaration]] made to the [[public]] at large (generally through news media) or by the filing of a [[formal]] accusation in a [[court]] of [[law]] by a [[person]] legally entitled to do so, generally on behalf of the [[state]] by a criminal [ | + | A [[criminal]] '''accusation''' is the [[process]] of [[declaring]] one's [[belief]] in another's liability for that other's criminal [[action]](s). A criminal accusation may be informally made through a [[declaration]] made to the [[public]] at large (generally through news media) or by the filing of a [[formal]] accusation in a [[court]] of [[law]] by a [[person]] legally entitled to do so, generally on behalf of the [[state]] by a criminal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor prosecutor]. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*'''''[[Indictment]]''''' | *'''''[[Indictment]]''''' | ||
[[Category: Law]] | [[Category: Law]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:35, 12 December 2020
Origin
Middle English, from Anglo-French accuser, from Latin accusare to call to account, from ad- + causa lawsuit
Definitions
- 1: to charge with a fault or offense : blame
- 2: to charge with an offense judicially or by a public process
Description
A criminal accusation is the process of declaring one's belief in another's liability for that other's criminal action(s). A criminal accusation may be informally made through a declaration made to the public at large (generally through news media) or by the filing of a formal accusation in a court of law by a person legally entitled to do so, generally on behalf of the state by a criminal prosecutor.
