Acquit: To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
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Acquittal at Legal Glossary What is it? A decision by a judge or jury that a defendant in a criminal case is not guilty of a crime.
Acquittal definition:
A decision by a judge that a person accused of a crime is not guilty.
A decision by a judge that a person accused of a crime is discharged of it, found not guilty.
Acquittal: Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Acquittal
n. under criminal law practices the absolution of a party charged with a crime or misdemeanor is acquittal. Acquittals could be "in fact" and "in law".
ACQUITTAL - The action taken by a jury when, upon trial, they find that the accused is not guilty and enter a verdict accordingly. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
The finding by a judge or jury that a defendant is not guilty of a crime.
Acquittal - A release, absolution, or discharge of an obligation or liability. In criminal law the finding of not guilty.
Action Case- Cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
acquit: the act of freeing a person from the charge of an offense by means of a decision, verdict or other legal process; to discharge ...
Acquit, Acquittal - A finding of not guilty by a judge or jury.
Action - Case, cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court.
Additur - An increase by a judge in the amount of damages awarded by a jury.
acquittal - The legal certification of the innocence of a person who has been charged with a crime, setting the person free from a charge of guilty by a finding of not guilty.
Acquit: To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
Action: In the legal sense, a formal complaint or a suit brought in court.
Additur: An increase by a judge in the amount of damages awarded by a jury.
ACQUITTAL - A finding by a judge or jury that a person who was tried for committing a crime is not guilty.
acquit To find the defendant not guilty in a criminal case.
acquittal The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who had been charged with a crime.
ACQUIT - To find not guilty and set free.
ACQUITAL - A judgment of not guilty in a criminal case ...
ACQUITTAL, contracts. A release or discharge from an obligation or eng agement. 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.
acquittal
A decision by a judge or jury that a defendant in a criminal case is not guilty of a crime. An acquittal is not a finding of innocence; it is simply a conclusion that the prosecution has not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Acquit: To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
Action: Case, cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
An acquittal on the grounds of insanity is followed by custody during His Majesty's pleasure.
By the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 the verdict is now "not guilty by reason of insanity" [previously it had been "guilty but insane"] ...
Chase's acquittal supported the views of those more moderate Republicans who argued that the grounds for impeachment should be either criminal or abuse of office rather than partisan. This view has prevailed down to the present.
Autrefois acquit. Formerly acquitted. Autrefois convict. Formerly convicted.
Aver. To assert for the truth; to state in positive terms; to allege formally. See Averment (below).
Autrefois Acquit:
French word now part of English criminal law terminology. Refers to an accused who cannot be tried for a crime because the record shows he has already been subjected to trial for the same conduct and was acquitted.
AcquittalA finding of "not guilty" in a criminal case.ActA law passed by the provincial or federal legislature. Acts are also referred to as 'statutes'.ActionA legal proceeding in a civil case.Actus ReusLatin for "guilty act.
acquittal - Criminal Law The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who has been charged with crime; a deliverance or setting free a person from a charge of guilt; finding of not guilty.
When an acquittal upon all the charges takes place the verdict is announced in open court, and the prisoner is released without any further proceeding.
Supreme Court has held that courts in sentencing may, and sometimes must, consider not only the crimes for which a defendant was convicted, but also other charges, even if they led to acquittal.
Reasonable Doubt - An accused person is entitled to acquittal if, in the minds of the jury, guilt has not been proven beyond a "reasonable doubt." A reasonable doubt is one that is based on reason and common sense.
Reasonable doubt - An accused person is entitled to acquittal if his or her guilt has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt; that state of minds of jurors in which they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction as to the truth ...
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Words used on an acquittal, or when a prisoner is to be discharged, that he may go without day, that is, that he be dismissed. Danes... more ...
reasonable doubt - A person accused of a crime is entitled to acquittal if, in the minds of the jury or judge, his or her guilt has not been proved beyond a "reasonable doubt"; the jurors are not entirely convinced of the person's guilt.
One President, Andrew Johnson in 1868, was charged with violation of federal laws in a politically motivated impeachment, but was acquitted by the margin of one vote in a trial held by the Senate.
Seal: A court order closing a case file from public review, usually in cases of youthful offenders and acquittal. Prevents the public from obtaining information on the cases.
services and/or consequences are provided with the cooperation of a juvenile and his/her family. The file is considered "diverted" and must be destroyed within 28 days of the juvenile's 17th birthday.
Innocent - Not found to be guilty; acquitted ...
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