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acquit

acquit ac·quit·ted ac·quit·ting [Old French acquiter to pay off, absolve, acquit, from a-, prefix marking causation + quite free

Acquitted

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Autretois acquit and autrefois convict

Autretois acquit and autrefois convict, they are pleas which are concerned with the judicial determination of an alleged criminal liability

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Assoilsie

Assoilsie, to acquit a defendant, or to find a person not guilty of a crime, Scots Law.

Absolve

Absolve, to acquit of a crime, to pardon or set free from excommunication. See ASSOILE.

Acquittal

principal and the other as accessory, and the jury acquit the principal, by law the accessory is also acquitted, 2 Inst. 384. Means the legal certification, usually by jury verdict, that an accused person is not guilty

Autrefois acquit

Autrefois acquit (formerly acquitted), a plea in criminal cases; when a person is indicted for an offence and acquitted, he cannot be

autrefois acquit

autrefois acquit [Anglo-French, formerly acquitted] : a defendant's plea stating that he or she has already been tried for and acquitted of the

Quietare

Quietare, means to acquit, discharge or hold harmless. This term was used in conveyances, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1261. Quietare,

Niskar Bhogdakhal Sutra

that the tenant is not actually paying rent to anybody. It does not mean that the tenant had acquitted rent-free title by possession and enjoyment, Kamla Ranjan Roy v. Ifram Sheik, 1948 Cal 14 relied on; Chakravarti,

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