Acquittal

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acquittal \Ac*quit"tal\, n.
     1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation;
        acquittance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an


        offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
        --Bouvier.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acquittal
       n : a judgment of not guilty [ant: {conviction}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquittal":
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     clearance, compliance, condemnation, conformance, conformity,
     debt service, decision, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal,
     discharge, doling out, down payment, earnest, earnest money,
     execution, fulfillment, heed, heeding, hire purchase,
     hire purchase plan, installment, installment plan,
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     observation, paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment,
     payment in kind, payoff, penalty, performance, practice,
     prepayment, quarterly payments, quittance, regular payments,
     remittance, respect, retirement, satisfaction, sentence,
     settlement, sinking-fund payment, spot cash, verdict,
     weekly payments
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ACQUITTAL, contracts. A release or discharge from an obligation or
  engagement. According to Lord Coke there are three kinds of acquittal,
  namely; 1. By deed, when the party releases the obligation; 2. By
  prescription; 3. By tenure. Co. Lit. 100, a.
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ACQUITTAL, crim. law practice. The absolution of a party charged with a
  crime or misdemeanor.
      2. Technically speaking, acquittal is - the absolution of a party
  accused on a trial before a traverse jury. 1 N. & M. 36; 3 McCord, 461.
      3. Acquittals are of two kinds, in fact and in law. The former takes
  place when the jury upon trial finds a verdict of not guilty; the latter
  when a man is charged merely as an accessary, and the principal has been
  acquitted. 2 Inst. 384. An acquittal is a bar to any future prosecution for
  the offence alleged in the first indictment.