Crown Prosecution Service in United Kingdom

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.