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ACQUITTAL

\ɐkwˈɪtə͡l], \ɐkwˈɪtə‍l], \ɐ_k_w_ˈɪ_t_əl]\

Definitions of ACQUITTAL

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Legal Glossary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A decision by a judge or jury that a defendant in a criminal case is not guilty of a crime. An acquittal is not a finding of innocence; it is simply a conclusion that the prosecution has not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

2010 - Legal Glossary Database
By Oddity Software

A setting free; the state of being set free; the judicial declaration of "not guilty".

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A judicial discharge from an accusation.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Discharge from an accusation.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The act of acquitting, or the state of being acquitted.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Deliverance from a charge; a judicial discharge.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A setting free; the being found not guilty.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. Deliverance from the charge of an offence, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Is a deliverance from an offence.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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