An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PROSECUTION
pursuance, prosecution
(noun) the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
prosecution, criminal prosecution
(noun) the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
prosecution
(noun) the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prosecution (countable and uncountable, plural prosecutions)
The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
(legal) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
(legal) The prosecuting party.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Pros`e*cu"tion, n. Etym: [L. prosecutio a following.]
1. The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war. Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics . . . in prosecution of their various duties. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Law) (a) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense. (b) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information. (c) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted. Blackstone. Burrill. Mozley & W.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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