Crown Prosecution Service in United Kingdom
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Definition of Crown Prosecution Service
In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Crown Prosecution Service : (CPS)
An organization created by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 to conduct the majority of criminal prosecutions. Its head is the *Director of Public Prosecutions, who is answerable to Parliament through the *Attorney General. The CPS is independent of the police and is organized on a regional basis, each region having a Chief Crown Prosecutor. It also advises police forces on matters related to criminal offences.
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- Crown Prosecution Service in the Encyclopedia of Britain
- Crown Prosecution Service in the Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary
- Crown Prosecution Service in the Halsbury’s Laws of England
- Crown Prosecution Service in the Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases
- Crown Prosecution Service in the Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law
- Crown Prosecution Service in the New Oxford Companion to Law
- Crown Prosecution Service in the Words and Phrases Legally Defined
- Crown Prosecution Service in the Oxford Dictionary of Law
Definition of Crown Prosecution Service
An independent body responsible for the review of cases and the conduct of prosecutions.
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