Definition of "criminal suit" [criminal suit]

• A lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "II, xii); also the forum of a counterplea (forum reconventionis sive reaccusationis), i.e. in a criminal suit the defendant can, on his side, accuse the plaintiff in the court of the judge before whom he himself is to be tried (c. ii, X, De mut. petit.,"
• ""If the criminal suit against Danby Honda failed, my lawyer and I were going to launch a civil suit against Danby personally."
• "Nearly nine months elapsed before the criminal authorities declared that there was no ground for a criminal suit against Schrader."