What is a setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier called?
acquittal — (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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