acquittal

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A0063200 (ə-kwĭt′l)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) n1. (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 guilty2. a discharge or release from an obligation, duty, debt, etc

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n. 1. judicial deliverance from a criminal charge on a verdict or finding of not guilty. 2. the act of acquitting; discharge. 3. the state of being acquitted; release. [1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French]

acquittal

The decision by a judge or jury that an accused person is not guilty of a crime.

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Noun

acquittal - 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 judgmentlaw, 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

acquittal

nounLaw. A freeing or clearing from accusation or guilt:exculpation, exoneration, vindication.

Translations

宣判无罪

acquit

(əˈkwit) – past tense, past participle acˈquitted – verb to declare (an accused person) to be innocent. The judge acquitted her of murder.宣判...无罪acˈquittal nounHe was released from prison following his acquittal.宣判无罪

Acquittal

(judgment of acquittal), a court’s finding that a prisoner is not guilty of a charge against him. A judgment of acquittal is rendered in instances when the event of a crime has not been established, when the act of the prisoner does not contain the elements of a crime, or when participation of the prisoner in the commission of the crime has not been proved. The acquitted person is considered exonerated regardless of the grounds for the acquittal. The judgment of acquittal cancels the measures of securing confiscation of property and measures of restraint. The acquitted person is released from guard in the courtroom immediately after the judgment is announced. The judgment of acquittal may be vacated by way of cassation only on protest of a procurator or on appeal of a victim or a person acquitted (the latter has the right to appeal the judgment with respect to the reasons and grounds of acquittal). Judgments of acquittal rendered by the supreme courts of the Union republics and the Supreme Court of the USSR are not subject to cassational appeal and protest. Review of a judgment of acquittal by way of supervision is permitted only within the first year after it has entered into force.

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Acquittal

The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who has been charged with a crime.

Acquittals in fact take place when a jury finds a verdict of not guilty. Acquittals in law take place by operation of law such as when a person has been charged as an Accessory to the crime of Robbery and the principal has been acquitted.

acquittal

n. what an accused criminal defendant receives if he/she is found not guilty. It is a verdict (a judgment in a criminal case) of not guilty. (See: acquit)

acquittal

a decision of a court that a defendant prosecuted for a criminal offence is not guilty. It also describes the Scottish verdict of NOT PROVEN.

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

ACQUITTAL, crim. law practice. The absolution of a party charged with acrime or misdemeanor.
2. Technically speaking, acquittal is - the absolution of a partyaccused 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 takesplace when the jury upon trial finds a verdict of not guilty; the latterwhen a man is charged merely as an accessary, and the principal has beenacquitted. 2 Inst. 384. An acquittal is a bar to any future prosecution forthe offence alleged in the first indictment.

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noun clearance

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clearance
freeing
release
relief
liberation
discharge
pardon
setting free
vindication
deliverance
absolution
exoneration
exculpation

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noun a freeing or clearing from accusation or guilt

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noun a judgment of not guilty

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