Proscribed
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be proscribed when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death. Code 9. 49. PROSECUTION ( Lat prosequor, to follow after). In Criminal Law. The means adopted to bring a supposed offender to justice and punishment by due course" of law. See State v. Williams, 34 La. Ann. 1198. Prosecutions are carried on in the name of the government, and have for their principal object the security and happiness of the people in general. Hawk. PI. Cr. b. 2, c. 25, s. 3; Bac. Abr. Indictment (A 3). In England, the modes most usually employed to carry them on are — by indictment; 1 Chitty, Cr. L. 132; presentment of a grand jury; id. 133; coroner’s inquest; id. 134; and by an information. In this country, the modes are — by indictment, by presentment, by information, and by complaint, which see. See Postulatio; Malicious Prosecution.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
civil law.
— Among the Romans a man. said to be proscribed when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death. Code, 9, 49.