accusation Copy link Outline 1. accūsātĭo (a formal act of a.)2. crīmen, ĭnis, n. (a charge; of which there may he more than one in an accusation)3. crīmĭnātĭo4. călumnĭa (a false a.)5. insĭmŭlatĭo (usu. if not always of a false a.) • accusation: 1. accūsātĭo (a formal act of a.): to prepare and arrange an a., a. comparare atque constituere, Cic.: to abandon an a., accusatione desistere, Cic.: to press an a., ac. factitare, Cic. 2. crīmen, ĭnis, n. (a charge; of which there may he more than one in an accusation): this letter obtained credit for the a.s of Perseus, hae literae fidem Persei criminibus fecerunt, Liv.: an a. of such great crimes, c. facinorum tantorum, Cic.: an a. of poisoning, veneficii c., Quint.: to disprove an a., c. defendere, Cic.: to bring a.s, crimina inferre, Cic. In the plu. this word taken in connection with the context, sometimes means "false a.s:" conversations full of false a.s against the senators, sermones pleni criminum in patres, Liv. 3. crīmĭnātĭo: the a. which he brought against me in my absence, criminatio qua in me absentem usus est, Cic.: to repel a.s, criminationes repellere, Cic.: Liv. 4. călumnĭa (a false a.): nor could he, without incurring the disgrace attaching to a false a., abandon the prosecution, nec sine ignominia calumniae relinquere accusationem poterat, Cic.: to bring a false a. against a person on oath, calumniam in aliquem jurare, Liv. 5. insĭmŭlatĭo (usu. if not always of a false a.): a false and unjust a., falsa atque iniqua in., Cic.: a sudden a. on a capital charge, in. repentina capitalis criminis, Cic. Phr.: To bring an a. against a person, aliquem accusare, insimulare; alicujus nomen deferre, etc.: v. to accuse: to betray one's cause in an a., praevārĭcor, 1: the conduct of one who does so, i. e. collusion in a., praevaricatio: Cic.
ACCUSATION Copy link • ACCUSATIONaccusatio, incusatio, insimulatio, criminatio (all as actions. SYN. under ACCUSE): crimen (charge): calumnia (false accusation). To defend anybody against an accusation, crimen defendere ab aliquo. To defend one’s self against an accusation, crimen amoliri, propulsare; culpam a se amovere: crimen diluere or criminationem dissolvere (to show its injustice or groundlessness). As a law term, querimonia, querela (complaint: the former from a sense of injustice; the latter from a feeling of vexation): delatio nominis (giving the name of the accused to the judge): periculom (at causing danger to the accused): actio (general term for the legal proceedings, whether in a civil or criminal cause): accosatio (the charge made, especially in a criminal court): petitio, postulatio (in civil causes: demand for restitution or redress): vindicatio (civil action to recover a thing): condictio (civil action on account of a person): formula (the pleading: the formula according to which the accusation was drawn up): libellus (the written accusation). Not. dica, δίκη = actio, in civil causes, when the trial spoken of took place in a Greek court.