Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 37-104

  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

When the articles of impeachment have been approved by the house of representatives, and an impeachment ordered, a board of managers shall be appointed by the house, of its own members, to prosecute it, whose chairman within five days shall lay the same before the senate.