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Main Entry: 1peo·ple
Pronunciation: \ˈpē-pəl\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural people
Etymology: Middle English peple, from Anglo-French pople, peple, peuple, from Latin populus
Date: 13th century
1plural : human beings making up a group or assembly or linked by a common interest
2plural : human beings, persons —often used in compounds instead of persons<salespeople> —often used attributively <people skills>
3plural : the members of a family or kinship
4plural : the mass of a community as distinguished from a special class <disputes between the people and the nobles> —often used by Communists to distinguish Communists from other people
5plural peoples : a body of persons that are united by a common culture, tradition, or sense of kinship, that typically have common language, institutions, and beliefs, and that often constitute a politically organized group
6: lower animals usually of a specified kind or situation
7: the body of enfranchised citizens of a state
— peo·ple·less \-pə(l)-ləs\ adjective
As a mass entity without individuality.4plural : the mass of a community as distinguished from a special class <disputes between the people and the nobles> —often used by Communists to distinguish Communists from other people
Now as for the Prosecutor's statement, they will as often say that "the State Demands". The Prosecutor is an employee of the state, whether appointed or elected as a district attorney. They use whichever term they wish for effect.
MR. SCHWARZ: With respect to People's Exhibit Number 11, your Honor, it would be Exhibits 10 dash 26 for the purposes of the trial of May 7, 1998. And the relevant -- the relevant testimony, your Honor, the People would direct the Court to page 386, line 11, through 387, line 3.
Of course not and if you read your own words you'll see why.Whatever the reason, in the quote I provided, the phrase "The People" clearly identifies the prosecutor. Do you agree?
"presumably acting as the agents of"In the quote I provided from a transcript, "The People" cleary did not meant the each and every individual in the legal jurisdiction. It clearly means the prosecutor and his staff - presumably acting as the agents of the citizens, in the employ of the legal jurisdiction of the citizens, etc.
The Prosecutor's actions and his request that attention be Directed are in the service of "The People"...
In law
Further information: Popular sovereignty
In criminal law, in certain jurisdictions, criminal prosecutions are brought in the name of the People. Several U.S. states, including California, Illinois, and New York, use this style.[1] Citations outside the jurisdictions in question usually substitute the name of the state for the words "the People" in the case captions.[2] Four states — Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky — refer to themselves as the Commonwealth in case captions and legal process.[3] Other states, such as Indiana, typically refer to themselves as the State in case captions and legal process. The political theory underlying this format is that criminal prosecutions are brought in the name of the sovereign; thus, in these U.S. states, the "people" are judged to be the sovereign, even as in the United Kingdom and other dependencies of the British Crown, criminal prosecutions are typically brought in the name of the King or the Queen. "The people" identifies the entire body of the citizens of a jurisdiction invested with political power or gathered for political purposes.[4]
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