DEPARTURE
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
public officer, whose duty it fs to prosecute offenders, that a crime has been committed.
v. Wyler, 158 U. S. 285, 15 Sup. Ct. 877, 39
v. Wyler, 158 U. S. 285, 15 Sup. Ct. 877, 39
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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