Prosecutor

In practice. He who prosecutes another for a crime in the name of the government.

— Private prosecutor. One who seta in motion the machinery of criminal justice against a person whom he suspects or believes to be gnilty of a crime, by laying an accusation before the proper authorities, and who is not himself an officer of justice. See Heacock v. State, 13 Tex. App. 129; State v. Millain, 3 Nev. 425.

— Prosecutor of the pleas. This name is given, in New Jersey, to the county officer who is charged with the prosecution of criminal actions, corresponding to the "district attorney" or "county attorney" in other states.

— Public prosecutor. An officer of government (such as a state's attorney or district attorney) whose function is the prosecution of criminal actions, or suite partaking of the nature of criminal actions.