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acquittal

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ac·quit·tal  (-kwtl)
n.
1. Judgment, as by a jury or judge, that a defendant is not guilty of a crime as charged.
2. The state of being found or proved not guilty.

acquittal [əˈkwɪtəl]
n
1. (Law) Criminal law the deliverance and release of a person appearing before a court on a charge of crime, as by a finding of not guilty
2. a discharge or release from an obligation, duty, debt, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.acquittalacquittal - a judgment of not guilty            
final decision, final judgment - a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
judgment of conviction, sentence, conviction, condemnation - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

acquittal
noun clearance, freeing, release, relief, liberation, discharge, pardon, setting free, vindication, deliverance, absolution, exoneration, exculpation the acquittal of six police officers charged with beating a man
Translations
acquittal [əˈkwɪtl] N (Jur) → absolución f, exculpación f
acquittal [əˈkwɪtəl] n (LAW) (from accusation of crime)acquittement m
acquittal
nFreispruch m(on von)
acquittal [əˈkwɪtl] n (Law) → assoluzione f


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Every intelligent person present could see that the prisoner's chance of an honorable acquittal depended on tracing the poison to the possession of his wife--or at least on proving her expressed intention to obtain it.
She went into his service immediately after her acquittal, tamed as she is now.
His acquittal was complete, his friendship warmly honoured, a lively interest excited for his friend, and his description of the fine country about Lyme so feelingly attended to by the party, that an earnest desire to see Lyme themselves, and a project for going thither was the consequence.
 
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