Acquit
91autrefois acquit — /owtrafwo akiy/°akwit/ Formerly acquitted. The name of a plea in bar to a criminal action, stating that the defendant has been once already indicted and tried for the same alleged offense and has been acquitted. See double jeopardy …
92autrefois acquit — /owtrafwo akiy/°akwit/ Formerly acquitted. The name of a plea in bar to a criminal action, stating that the defendant has been once already indicted and tried for the same alleged offense and has been acquitted. See double jeopardy …
93pour acquit — In French law, the formula which a creditor prefixes to his signature when he gives a receipt …
94autrefois acquit — Formerly acquitted; a plea of one accused of crime setting up his previous acquittal of the same offense as a bar to further prosecution. Potter v State, 91 Fla 938, 109 So 91, 92. See prior jeopardy …
95autrefois acquit — ̷ ̷ō.trəfˌwä(ˌ)aˈkē noun Etymology: Anglo French, formerly acquitted : a defendant s plea alleging previous trial and acquittal of the same offense …
96cquit — acquit …
97quit v — acquit v …
98Acquitted — Acquit Ac*quit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquitting}.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ? (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See {Quit}, and cf. {Acquiet}.] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear… …
99Acquitting — Acquit Ac*quit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquitting}.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ? (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See {Quit}, and cf. {Acquiet}.] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear… …
100acquittal — acquit ► VERB (acquitted, acquitting) 1) formally declare that (someone) is not guilty of a criminal charge. 2) (acquit oneself) behave or perform in a specified way. DERIVATIVES acquittal noun. ORIGIN Latin acquitare pay a debt …
