On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Acquittal. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as conviction and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Acquittal meaning
- The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
- A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
- Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
Synonyms of Acquittal
Using Acquittal
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.). | A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. | Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
- Useful related words include: final judgment, final decision, conviction.
- In the example corpus, acquittal often appears in combinations such as: the acquittal, acquittal of, his acquittal.
Context around Acquittal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Acquittal
- In this selection, "acquittal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, constitutes, tainted, original, motion, adding and requires stand out and add context to how "acquittal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a predicted acquittal his client and a previous acquittal where a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "acquittal" sits close to words such as accrued, angled and angst, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with acquittal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Anything short of that means acquittal. (6 words)
His acquittal led to public outrage. (6 words)
The acquittal, however, answered only certain political questions. (8 words)
The Act introduced three broad exceptions to the rule: where the acquittal had been tainted by an attempt to pervert the course of justice; where the accused admitted his guilt after acquittal; and where there was new evidence. (38 words)
By country Australia In contrast to other common law nations, Australian double jeopardy law has been held to further prevent the prosecution for perjury following a previous acquittal where a finding of perjury would controvert the acquittal. (37 words)
In a statement to CBC News, Mossman's lawyer, Chilwin Cheng said they applaud the court's acquittal of Merkert of all charges, and of Mossman of "all significant charges" related to accidental discharges at Banks Island. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Todd Blanche, the former president’s attorney, moved for an acquittal of the charges, but Juan Merchan, the Presiding Judge, denied the acquittal motion.
He said to discharge an accused in a criminal matter is not acquittal, adding that it is not stated anywhere "in our jurisprudence that discharge constitutes acquittal and the case starts afresh".
A "tainted acquittal" requires a conviction for an administration of justice offence, such as perjury, that led to the original acquittal.
By country Australia In contrast to other common law nations, Australian double jeopardy law has been held to further prevent the prosecution for perjury following a previous acquittal where a finding of perjury would controvert the acquittal.
The Act introduced three broad exceptions to the rule: where the acquittal had been tainted by an attempt to pervert the course of justice; where the accused admitted his guilt after acquittal; and where there was new evidence.
Anything short of that means acquittal.
But Gay, 65, was back in front of a jury Tuesday, hoping for a second chance at an acquittal in the same San Fernando courthouse.
His acquittal led to public outrage.
His “second-in-command” Hayden, from Coventry, set about securing his acquittal by lying in the witness box about a text message to Allen referring to “white cakes”.
In a statement to CBC News, Mossman's lawyer, Chilwin Cheng said they applaud the court's acquittal of Merkert of all charges, and of Mossman of "all significant charges" related to accidental discharges at Banks Island.
J. Steven Beckett, a longtime defense attorney in Urbana, once secured an acquittal for a client caught up in such a probe in the 1990s.
Melly’s defense attorney, David A. Howard, has formally requested a judgment of acquittal, which Judge Murphy III will carefully consider.
Ms Schofield said although she recorded a narrative verdict of unlawful killing, it did not “detract from the fact” of Mr Hill’s acquittal in a criminal court.
On the acquittal of the accused in the 2008 Jaipur bomb blast case, Shah alleged that the Congress government did not present proper arguments in the high court due to vote bank politics.
The acquittal, however, answered only certain political questions.
The Rajasthan government has decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the acquittal of 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case accused.
The Vatican's diplomatic representative in India said that an appeal against Mulakkal's acquittal had been admitted in the high court in Kerala.
When the matter reached the top court, the order of acquittal given by the Calcutta High Court was upheld.
While Rittenhouse’s lawyer tried to play it cool and shrug off the ruling as a simple procedural decision that won’t stop a predicted acquittal, his client took to Twitter singing another tune.
After the acquittal, Judge Christine Laing KC told Mr Eubank: “You need to reflect on what you did that night.
Common combinations with acquittal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the acquittal 30×
- acquittal of 26×
- his acquittal 20×
- an acquittal 18×
- of acquittal 11×
- acquittal by 9×
- acquittal in 8×
- acquittal and 7×
- acquittal had 5×
- acquittal for 5×