The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system.

Patent prosecution describes the interaction between an applicant, or their representative, and a patent office with regard to a patent, or an application for a patent.

pros·e·cu·tion   (pr s-ky sh n) n. 1. The act of prosecuting. 2. The institution and conduct of a legal proceeding. 3. See prosecuting attorney. prosecution

prosecution n. 1) in criminal law, the government attorney charging and trying the case against a person accused of a crime. 2) a common term for the government's side in a ...

noun . 1. Law. a. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. b. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.