acquit
acquit, vb. 1. To clear (a person) of a criminal charge. 2. To pay or discharge (a debt or claim).
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implied acquittal
An acquittal in which a jury convicts the defendant of a lesser included offense without com-menting on the greater offense. • Double jeopardy bars the retrial of a defendant on the higher offense after an implied acquittal. [Cases: Double Jeopardy 100.1.]
acquittance
acquittance, n. A document by which one is discharged from a debt or other obligation; a receipt or release in-dicating payment in full. — acquit, vb.
acquittal
acquittal n. (1)免除合同义务；免除债务；免除民事责任(→acquittance) (2)宣告无罪 指通过法庭判决、陪审团裁断或其他法律程序，正式确认被指控犯罪的人在法律上无罪。 (3)(封建法)中间领主保护领臣的义务 指中间领主〔middle lord〕保护领臣不因中间领主自己对最高领主〔paramount lord〕负有义务而受到后者的起诉或对其土地的侵入或干扰。
pour acquit
pour acquit (poor a-kee), n. [French “for acquittance”] French law. The formula that a creditor adds when signing a receipt.
acquittal in law
An acquittal by operation of law, as of someone who has been charged merely as an accessory after the principal has been acquitted.