Definition of Acquittal

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Definition of Acquittal
	Acquittal The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Related Definitions: Acquittance, Acquitting, Act, An, By, Charge, Court, Debt, Deliverance, Discharge, Free, From, Jury, Obligation, Of, Offense, Or, Sentence, Setting, The, Verdict

Acquittal Quotations

Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several historians have said there has not been one acquittal since the Bolshevik Revolution.
Barbara Amiel

I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as a D.A. in obtaining a conviction. All my interests and sympathies tend to be on the side of the individual as opposed to the state.
Jim Garrison

I knew I was coming home, I thought they would consider acquittal, I was disappointed that they didn't.
Louise Woodward

Acquittal Translations

acquittal in French is acquittement

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