államügyész

főnév

partial

state attorney

noun

Comparative law notes

Hungary

Although the term can be translated into "államügyész", it refers to the type of state prosecutors used in the US or to the Hungarian prosecutors under the old system.

Definitions of state attorney

English

a lawyer who prosecutes (=begins and pursues legal actions) on behalf of a state

The state attorney is seeking to block the retrials of three of the four defendants.