nonprosecution
English edit
Etymology edit
non- + prosecution
Adjective edit
nonprosecution (not comparable)
- (law) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute
- 2008 March 11, Philip Shenon, “New Guidelines Ahead of Ashcroft Testimony”, in New York Times[1]:
- It has been the Justice Department’s preference in the Bush administration to resolve criminal investigations of large corporations with so-called nonprosecution or deferred prosecution agreements.
Noun edit
nonprosecution (countable and uncountable, plural nonprosecutions)
- A failure to prosecute.
- 2017, Mary Kreiner Ramirez, Steven A. Ramirez, The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty, page 207:
- The second reason offered for blanket nonprosecutions for crimes committed at the megabanks involves the possibility that such prosecutions could harm the economy.