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acquittal
(encz) | acquittal,splacení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Acquittal
(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.
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acquittal
(wn) | acquittal
n 1: a judgment of not guilty [ant: condemnation,
conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence] |
ACQUITTAL
(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.
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ACQUITTAL
(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.
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Acquittal
(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] |
ACQUITTAL
(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.
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.
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