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[ UK /ɐkwˈɪtə‍l/ ]
[ US /əˈkwɪtəɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a judgment of not guilty

How To Use acquittal In A Sentence

  • Under the rules outlined by the Pentagon, in the unlikely case that a tribunal hands down an acquittal or a light sentence, US authorities can overrule it and impose their own judgment.
  • Exclusion of relevant evidence because of non-conformity to some legal rule can also undermine the factual quality of acquittals.
  • If that is the case, my client was deprived of the chance of an acquittal on the murder count.
  • If these compurgators all agreed in a declaration in favour of the accused, this was held to he a complete acquittal.
  • So woudl you agree that an arrest and acquittal is not different in this way from an arrest and release onbail? The Volokh Conspiracy » What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime?
  • The defence lawyer made an eloquent plea for his client's acquittal.
  • When the acquittals were announced, gasps of relief resonated from Wolfmeyer's family and friends before they applauded, giving Wolfmeyer a thumbs-up sign. USATODAY.com - Jurors acquit Wolfmeyer in murder-for-hire case
  • His arrest and ultimate acquittal on cocaine smuggling charges made headlines in the mid-1980s.
  • Routine acquittals of obviously guilty people would quickly breed contempt for the law.
  • But it is virtually unthinkable that it could end in an acquittal, still less a mistrial.
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