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acusación privada

full

private prosecution

noun

Comparative law notes

Spain

brought by the victim of a private offense—delito privado, in which the public prosecutor does not intervene

Definitions of private prosecution

English

a prosecution for a criminal offence brought by a private person and not by the state

She took out a successful private prosecution against her stepfather for assault.