acquittal in fact
An acquittal by a jury verdict of not guilty.
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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.]
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。
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.
acquittal
acquittal, n. 1. The legal certification, usu. by jury verdict, that an accused person is not guilty of the charged offense. acquittal in fact. An acquittal by a jury verdict of not guilty. acquittal in law. An acquittal by operation of law, as of someone who has been charged merely as an accessory after the
motion for judgment of acquittal
motion for judgment of acquittal. A criminal defendant’s request, at the close of the government’s case or the close of all evidence, to be acquitted because there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis on which a reasonable jury could return a guilty verdict. • If the motion is granted, the government has no right of
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judgment of acquittal
A judgment, rendered on the defendant’s motion or court’s own motion, that acquits the defendant of the offense charged when the evidence is insufficient. Fed. R. Crim. P. 29. See directed verdict under VERDICT. [Cases: Criminal Law 753.2. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1276.]
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