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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 noun absolutio, absolution, acquitment, acquittance, amnesty, clearance, compurgation, discharge, dismissal, exculpation, exoneration, favorable verdict, letting off, liberatio, liberation, pardon, purgation, quittance, release, remission, reprieve, restoration, verdict of not guilty, vindication Associated concepts: acquittal by a jury Foreign phrases: Paribus sententiis reus absolvitur.When the opinions are equal, where the court is equally divided, the defendant is acquitted. See also: absolution, compurgation, condonation, discharge, emancipation, exoneration, immunity, impunity, liberation, pardon, payment, release, remission, remittance, reprieve, respite, satisfaction, waiver ACQUITTAL, contracts. A release or discharge from an obligation or engagement. According to Lord Coke there are three kinds of acquittal, namely; 1. By deed, when the party releases the obligation; 2. By prescription; 3. By tenure. Co. Lit. 100, a. ACQUITTAL, crim. law practice. The absolution of a party charged with a
crime or misdemeanor.
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Most of the
cases, including that of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk, were
either dropped on a technicality or led to acquittals. Emile Yvernes
reported that acquittals for serious assault (coups et blessures graves)
rose from 27% to 78% between 1860 and 1890, acquittals for murder grew
from 15% to 34%, and the rate of acquittal for homicide increased from
16% to 24%. Johnson's biography also touts the number of acquittals and
hung juries he has racked up as a defense lawyer, which makes it all the
more odd that the Georgia chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police is
behind him 100 percent of the way. |
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