SINCE 1828
accusatorial
adjective
ac·cus·a·to·ri·al
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ə-ˌkyü-zə-ˈtōr-ē-əl \
Legal Definition of accusatorial
: of, relating to, or being a form of criminal prosecution in which a person is accused of a crime and is tried in public by a judge who is not also the prosecutor — compare adversary, inquisitorial
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