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acquittal

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acquittal

In law, the setting free of someone charged with a crime after a trial.

It follows a verdict of ‘not guilty’ and prevents retrial of a defendant on the same charges under the US Constitution (see double jeopardy).



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Every intelligent person present could see that the prisoner's chance of an honorable acquittal depended on tracing the poison to the possession of his wife--or at least on proving her expressed intention to obtain it.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
She went into his service immediately after her acquittal, tamed as she is now.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
His acquittal was complete, his friendship warmly honoured, a lively interest excited for his friend, and his description of the fine country about Lyme so feelingly attended to by the party, that an earnest desire to see Lyme themselves, and a project for going thither was the consequence.
Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context
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