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Prosecutor vs Barrister - What's the difference?

prosecutor | barrister |

As nouns the difference between prosecutor and barrister

is that prosecutor is a lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty while barrister is a lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

prosecutor

English

Noun

(wikipedia prosecutor) (en noun)
  • A lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.
    • The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.

    Derived terms

    * prosecutorial

    Related terms

    * prosecute * prosecution

    References

    barrister

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal, chiefly, UK, Irish, Australian, NZ) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

    • Usage notes

    Some legal systems apply a separation of the roles of barrister and solicitor, such that a barrister (only) may address the court on a client's behalf and a solicitor (only) may act as an attorney for clients. In particular, this separation occurs in the UK and in countries that use the UK system. It does not apply in the US. Some systems apply a separation of roles that does not match the barrister/solicitor split.

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