adversary system

A procedural system, such as the Anglo-American legal system, involving active and unhin-dered parties contesting with each other to put forth a case before an independent decision-maker.

— Also termed adversary procedure; (in criminal cases) accusatorial system, accusatory procedure. Cf. INQUISITORIAL SYSTEM.


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