accusatorial

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"The American system of criminal prosecution," wrote Justice William Brennan, "is accusatorial, not inquisitorial, and the Fifth Amendment is its essential mainstay."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Fehm-tribunals had three different modes of procedure, namely, that in case of the criminal being taken in the fact, the inquisitorial, and the purely accusatorial.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas

When a crime had been committed, and the criminal had not been taken in the fact, there remained two ways of proceeding against him, namely, the inquisitorial and the accusatorial processes.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas