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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.

Sue :: Sue (v. i.) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages..

Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law..

Impleader :: Impleader (n.) One who prosecutes or sues another.

Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..

Suitor :: Suitor (n.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc..

Prosecuted :: Prosecuted (imp. & p. p.) of Prosecut.

Prosecutor :: Prosecutor (n.) One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business..

Fiscal :: Fiscal (n.) A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.

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..

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..

Implead :: Implead (v. t.) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach..

Rage :: Rage (n.) The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage..

Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..

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.

Prosecutable :: Prosecutable (a.) Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

Pursuable :: Pursuable (a.) Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted..

Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim..

Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses..

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