prosecutorial authority

A prosecutorial authority is a legal entity or official body empowered to investigate crimes, decide whether to bring charges, and represent the state in criminal proceedings.

Observed surface forms (26)

• federal prosecutorial office ×10
• district public prosecutors office ×3
• district attorney ×2
• procuratorate ×2
• prosecution service ×2
• prosecutorial body ×2
• prosecutorial unit ×2
• chief prosecutor position ×1
• chief prosecutor role ×1
• federal prosecution ×1

• governmental prosecuting party ×1
• grand jury ×1
• local prosecutor position ×1
• national prosecution agency ×1
• national prosecution authority ×1
• principal public prosecutor ×1
• procuratorial organ ×1
• prosecuting authority ×1
• prosecution authority ×1
• prosecution unit ×1
• prosecutorial division ×1
• public prosecution service ×1
• public prosecutorial agency ×1
• public prosecutors office ×1
• sovereign in criminal prosecutions ×1
• special prosecutor ×1

Instances (40)

• Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court via concept surface "prosecutorial body"
• Supreme People's Procuratorate of China via concept surface "national prosecution authority"
• Attorney General for the Isle of Man (on advice) via concept surface "principal public prosecutor"
  surface form: Attorney General for the Isle of Man
• Henry Wade via concept surface "district attorney"
• Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes via concept surface "prosecution authority"
• Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office via concept surface "public prosecutors office"
• Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office via concept surface "district public prosecutors office"
• Nagoya District Public Prosecutors Office via concept surface "district public prosecutors office"
• Fukuoka District Public Prosecutors Office via concept surface "district public prosecutors office"
• Puerto Rico Department of Justice via concept surface "public prosecution service"
• General Counsel via concept surface "chief prosecutor position"
  surface form: General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board
• Environmental Crimes Section via concept surface "prosecutorial unit"
• State of Oregon in Multnomah County criminal cases via concept surface "governmental prosecuting party"
• Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office via concept surface "public prosecutorial agency"
• Public Prosecutors Office of Japan
• Crown Prosecution Service via concept surface "prosecution service"
• Serious Fraud Office via concept surface "prosecuting authority"
• United States v. Daniel Ellsberg via concept surface "federal prosecution"
• Fraud Section via concept surface "prosecutorial unit"
• Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section via concept surface "prosecution unit"
• Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate via concept surface "chief prosecutor role"
• OTP via concept surface "prosecutorial body"
  surface form: Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
• Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division via concept surface "prosecutorial division"
• public prosecution service of Egypt via concept surface "prosecution service"
  surface form: Public Prosecution Service of Egypt
• United States Watergate Special Prosecutor via concept surface "special prosecutor"
• local people's procuratorates via concept surface "procuratorial organ"
• SPP via concept surface "national prosecution agency"
  surface form: Supreme People's Procuratorate of China
• New York County grand jury via concept surface "grand jury"
• United States Attorney for the Central District of California via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama via concept surface "federal prosecutorial office"
• Cyrus R. Vance Jr. via concept surface "district attorney"
• District Attorney of San Francisco via concept surface "local prosecutor position"