(n,vs) false charges
slander
(n) (written) indictment
(n) appelate court
appellate court
(n) right of appeal
(n) petition of appeal
(n) appeal trial
(n) appellant
(n) complainant
plaintiff
(v1,vt) (1) to sue (a person)
to take someone to court
(2) to resort to (e.g. arms, violence)
(3) to appeal to
to call for
(4) to raise
to bring to (someone's attention)
(5) to complain
(P)
(n) petitioner
(n) litigant
plaintiff
suitor
(n) code of legal (civil or criminal) procedure
(n) prosecutor
(n) (the) prosecution
(n,vs) supplementary indictment
(n) nonprosecution or indictment
(P)
(n) grumbling or mumbling to oneself
(n) grumbling or mumbling to oneself
(n,vs) plea
entreaty
supplication
(n,vs) plea
entreaty
supplication
(n) medical suit
(n) suspension of indictment
leaving charge on the file
(P)
(n,vs) criminal complaint
lodging a criminal complaint (against someone)
(n) criminal action
(n) public prosecutor's appeal
(n) term in which an appeal may be filed
(n) dismissal of an intermediate appeal
(n) grounds for an appeal
(n) administrative litigation (action)
(P)
(n) class-action (lawsuit)