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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"

Antonym: inquisitorial

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