Acquittance - Law Dictionary Search Results
Acquintance
or other obligation, a receipt or release indications payment in full, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24. Acquittance is a discharge in writing of a sum of money or duty which ought to be paid or
verdict
for a directed verdict is made after the opponent has presented the evidence. 2 : a verdict of acquittal ordered by the court on the ground that the evidence is not sufficient to support a conviction when
Substantial and compelling reasons
'strong reasons' are not intended to curtail the undoubted power of an appellate court in an appeal against acquittal to review the entire evidence and to come to its own conclusion; but in doing so it should
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Judgment
(9)] That by the word 'judgment' is meant an order in a trial terminating in the conviction or acquittal of the accused, Thikka Surya Rao v. Sirangu Sathiraju, AIR 1948 Mad 510. The word 'judgment' is not
Discharge
Discharge, to relieve of a duty. A sheriff is said to be discharged of his prisoner; a prisoner discharged from custody; a jury discharged from the cause. See next title. A rule nisi is discharged when...
Birth, Concealing
60 of the Act provides, further, that if any woman tried for the murder of a child is acquitted thereof, she can lawfully be convicted of concealment of birth if there is evidence of that offence. The
judgment
a judgment in accordance with the motion for directed verdict called also judgment non obstante veredicto judgment of acquittal : a judgment that is rendered upon motion of the defendant or the court's own motion at the
Remit
Remit, means to pardon, to refrain from inflicting to give up. A remission of sentence does not mean acquittal, Ram Deo Chauhan v. State of Assam, AIR 2001 SC 2231. [See Constitution of India, Art. 72 &
Voucher
Voucher, (1) a witness, testimony; (2) acquittance, or receipt.
Accountable receipt
of money or goods to be accounted for by the receiver. It differs from an ordinary receipt, or acquittance, in this, that the latter imports merely that money has been paid. See Clark v. Newsam, (1847) 1
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