- severance of criminal prosecution
- Separate trials of the defendants in a criminal case because of antagonistic defenses, admission or confession by one, etc. 53 Am J1st Trial §§ 56 et seq.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
severance of criminal prosecution
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