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Judgment, as by a jury or judge, that a defendant is not guilty of a crime as charged.
The state of being found or proved not guilty.
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He was released from prison following his acquittal.
Arabic: تَبْرِئَه Chinese (Simplified): 宣判无罪 Chinese (Traditional): 無罪宣判 Czech: osvobozující rozsudek, zproštění viny Danish: frifindelse Dutch: vrijspraak Estonian: õigeksmõistmine Finnish: syyttömäksi julistaminen French: acquittement German: der Freispruch Greek: αθώωση Hungarian: felmentés Icelandic: sÿknun Indonesian: pembebasan, pelunasan Italian: assoluzione
Japanese: 釈放 Korean: 무죄 석방; (책임의) 이행 Latvian: attaisnošana Lithuanian: išteisinimas Norwegian: frifinnelse Polish: uniewinnienie Portuguese (Brazil): absolvição Portuguese (Portugal): absolvição Romanian: achitare Russian: оправдание Slovak: zbavenie viny Slovenian: oprostitev Spanish: absolución Swedish: frikännande Turkish: beraat, aklanma
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Share This acquittal The judgment of a court that a person charged with a crime is not guilty.
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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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