Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
ac·cus·a·to·ri·alPronunciation:
&-"kyü-z&-'tOr-E-&lFunction:
adjective : of, relating to, or being a form of criminal prosecution in which a person is accused of a crime and is tried in public by a judge who is not also the prosecutor —compare
ADVERSARY,
INQUISITORIAL —
ac·cus·a·to·ri·al·ly adverb