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Judgment of acquittal

Judgment of acquittal, means a judgment, rendered on the defendant's motion or court's

Assoilsie, to acquit a defendant, or to find a person not guilty of

obsolver, absoiller, assoiler, O. Fr.], to deliver from excommunication; to acquit or absolve, Staunf. Pl. Cr. 72 a.

Reg. v. Tolson, (1889) 23 QBD 168, so as to acquit on trial for bigamy a woman reasonably believing her first

Acquietare [fr. quietum reddere, Lat.], to acquit, absolve. Also sometimes signifies 'to pay.', Cowel's Law Dict.

guilty of a criminal offense [was ed of fraud] compare acquit [kÄ n-vikt] n : a person convicted of and serving

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

justify by extenuating a fault to exculpate to absolve to acquit

to prove to be guiltless to relieve of blame to acquit

defendant's behalf. 2 : a verdict rendered by a jury acquitting a criminal defendant upon finding that the prosecution has not