起诉之日 meaning in English

date of the filing of the suit

Article 33 a criminal suspect in a case of public prosecution shall have the right to entrust persons as his defenders from the date on which the case is transferred for examination before prosecution
第三十三条公诉案件自案件移送审查起诉之日起，犯罪嫌疑人有权委托辩护人。
Article 36 defence lawyers may , from the date on which the people ' s procuratorate begins to examine a case for prosecution , consult , extract and duplicate the judicial documents pertaining to the current case and the technical verification material , and may meet and correspond with the criminal suspect in custody
第三十六条辩护律师自人民检察院对案件审查起诉之日起，可以查阅、摘抄、复制本案的诉讼文书、技术性鉴定材料，可以同在押的犯罪嫌疑人会见和通信。