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Adjective: accusatorial  u`kyoo-zu'to-ree-ul
  1. Specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor
    "Consider the accusatorial system, which is generally thought by anthropologists to be the first substitute for private vengeance"

See also: accusation, accuser

Antonym: inquisitorial

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