Accusatory Body

Accusatory Body

Body such as a Grand Jury whose duty it is to hear evidence to determine whether a person should be accused of (charged with) a crime; to be distinguished from a traverse or petit jury, which is charged with the duty of determining guilt or innocence.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Lebanon's Accusatory Body released Yaacoub on LL30 million ($20,000) bail after spending just over seven months in detention.
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NNA - Accusatory Body in Mount Lebanon agreed today to release Former MP Hussein Yaacoub's companions-- Ziad Ali Hassan and Selim Hammoud--over a bail after a preventive arrest for six months on the background of kidnapping Hannibal Gaddafi, NNA correspondent said on Tuesday.
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Summary: Mount Lebanon's Accusatory Body Tuesday released on bail the bodyguards of former MP Hasan Yaacoub, six months after their arrest, the state-run National News Agency reported.
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NNA - Accusatory Body in Beirut presided by Judge Nada Dakroub issued on Thursday a decision to release Bahij Abou Hamzeh who has been detained for 4 months over a financial accounts case at one of the Lebanese banks.
Accusatory Body releases Abou Hamzeh

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