criminal proceeding in English

criminal trial, procedures followed by a criminal court during a trial

Use "criminal proceeding" in a sentence

1. [phone] Bedazement Taking odds on any criminal proceeding

2. The matter would be better dealt with in the civil court rather than by an expensive criminal proceeding.

3. Beach is scheduled to appear next month before a general court-martial, the most serious criminal proceeding in the military.

4. Accusatory stage is a stage in a criminal proceeding when the officers have arrested the suspect and have undertaken a process of interrogation that lends itself to eliciting incriminating statements

5. Accused - a defendant in a criminal proceeding defendant, suspect - a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or Accused Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection

6. Allocution—the penultimate stage of a criminal proceeding at which the judge affords defendants an opportunity to speak their last words before sentencing—is a centuries-old right in criminal cases, and academics have theorized about the various purposes it serves

7. Countable noun [usually poss NOUN] An Accuser is a person who says that another person has done something wrong, especially that he or she has committed a crime.a criminal proceeding where defendants have the right to confront their Accusers

8. An Arraignment is a criminal proceeding where the defendant is called before a judge in a court, informed of the charges (either in writing or orally, but usually just in writing) and asked to enter a plea of not guilty, guilty or no contest

9. Arraignment: A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted by law

10. Arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted by law.

11. (noun) It is a common terminology to call premature labour of an accidental type a "miscarriage," in order to distinguish "abortion" as a deliberately induced act, whether as a medical necessity by the Accoucheur, or as a criminal proceeding (see Medical Jurisprudence); otherwise the term "abortion" would ordinarily be used when occurring before the