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

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

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..

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

Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. i.) To follow after.

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

Tyburn Ticket :: Tyburn ticket () A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices..

Appellate :: Appellate (n.) A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.

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

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

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..

Diligent :: Diligent (a.) Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.

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

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..

Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

Nol-pros :: Nol-pros (v. t.) To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

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..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain..

Non-pros :: Non-pros (v. t.) To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed..

Proceeding :: Proceeding (n.) The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding..

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