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Meaning of ACQUITTAL

Pronunciation:  u'kwitl

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a judgment of not guilty
 
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 Antonyms: condemnation, conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence
 
 See Also: final decision, final judgment

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ac*quit"tal\, n.
1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation;
   acquittance.
2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an
   offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
   --Bouvier.
 
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Legal Dictionary
 
 Definition: A release, absolution, or discharge of an obligation or liability. In criminal law the finding of not guilty.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: accordance, acquitment, acquittance, adherence, amortization, amortizement, binder, care, carrying out, cash, cash payment, clearance, compliance, condemnation, conformance, conformity, debt service, decision, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal, discharge, doling out, down payment, earnest, earnest money, execution, fulfillment, heed, heeding, hire purchase, hire purchase plan, installment, installment plan, interest payment, judgment, keeping, landmark decision, liquidation, monthly payments, never-never, observance, observation, paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind, payoff, penalty, performance, practice, prepayment, quarterly payments, quittance, regular payments, remittance, respect, retirement, satisfaction, sentence, settlement, sinking-fund payment, spot cash, verdict, weekly payments
 

 

 

 

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