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ACCUSATORIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
inquisitorial (especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge)
Pertainym:
accuser (someone who imputes guilt or blame)
Derivation:
accusation (an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence)
accusation (a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt)
