(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:37:55

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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