criminal action

criminal action
An action by the sovereign, that is the state or the United Stales, or instituted on behalf of the sovereign, against one charged with the commission of a criminal act, for the enforcement of the penalty or punishment prescribed by law. 1 Am J2d Actions § 43.

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