Acquittal

  • 31acquittal —   Ho oku u …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 32acquittal — /akwital/ Contracts. A release, absolution, or discharge from an obligation, liability, or engagement. Criminal law. The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who has been charged with crime; a deliverance or setting free a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 33acquittal — /akwital/ Contracts. A release, absolution, or discharge from an obligation, liability, or engagement. Criminal law. The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who has been charged with crime; a deliverance or setting free a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 34acquittal — n. 1 the process of freeing or being freed from a charge, esp. by a judgement of not guilty. 2 performance of a duty …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 35acquittal in fact — acquittals in fact, acquittals in law Acquittals in fact are those which take place when the jury, upon trial, finds a verdict of not guilty. Acquittals in law are those which take place by mere operation of law; as where a man has been charged… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 36acquittal in law — acquittals in fact, acquittals in law Acquittals in fact are those which take place when the jury, upon trial, finds a verdict of not guilty. Acquittals in law are those which take place by mere operation of law; as where a man has been charged… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 37acquittal in fact — acquittals in fact, acquittals in law Acquittals in fact are those which take place when the jury, upon trial, finds a verdict of not guilty. Acquittals in law are those which take place by mere operation of law; as where a man has been charged… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 38acquittal in law — acquittals in fact, acquittals in law Acquittals in fact are those which take place when the jury, upon trial, finds a verdict of not guilty. Acquittals in law are those which take place by mere operation of law; as where a man has been charged… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 39implied acquittal — n: an acquittal of a more serious offense (as first degree murder) that is considered to result from a verdict which convicts the defendant of a lesser included offense while remaining silent on the greater one ◇ A greater offense and a lesser… …

    Law dictionary

  • 40directed verdict of acquittal — see verdict Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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