meaning acquitted
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acquit ac·quit. tr.v. ac·quit·ted, ac·quit·ting, ac·quits. 1. Law To find not guilty of a criminal offense. 2. To conduct (oneself) in a specified manner: acquitted herself well during the interview. 3. Archaic To release or discharge from an obligation, such as a debt. 4. Obsolete To repay.
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What is PROSECUTION? What is PROSECUTION? In criminal law. A criminal action; a proceeding instituted and carried on by due course of law, before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining the guilt or innocence of a person charged with crime. See U. S. v. Reis-Inger, 12S U. S. 398, 9 Sup.
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- indictment - a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense. bill of indictment. legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right.
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verdict Define verdict: the finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in trial; opinion, judgment — verdict in a sentence
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accused Accusing definition, to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of): He accused him of murder. See more.
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conviction Conviction is being found guilty of a crime. noun. The definition of a conviction is someone being found guilty of a crime or having a strong belief in something. An example of conviction is a person being found guilty of driving while intoxicated. An example of conviction is someone completely believing they are right about something. conviction. conviction.
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Legal Terms Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 730 ILCS 150/2. 1  acquittal: Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. 2  conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. 3  defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. felony: A crime carrying a penalty of more than a year in prison. individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36. jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case.
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- upheld definition: Upheld is defined as that a decision was confirmed or supported. (verb) An example of upheld is when a court case is appealed and the judge says the original court was correct....
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- An indictment is the official process by which a person is charged with a crime. Technically speaking, an indictment is a written statement that formally charges a person with a crime, as drawn up by a prosecutor and found and presented by a grand jury.
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Acquittal Acquittal occurs in a criminal trial when the jury finds the defendant not guilty. Most often acquittals are due to insufficient evidence and may be issued before or during trial. After an acquittal, the trial is over and the prosecutor cannot appeal the decision under constitutional law. An acquittal may be handed down by either the jury or the trial judge, although acquittals by jury are usually viewed as carrying more legal weight. This is because the acquittal decision made by a trial judge is not always as clear as the acquittal declared by the jury.
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indictment indictment. 1  an indicting or being indicted; charge; accusation. 2  Law a formal written accusation charging one or more persons with the commission of a crime, presented by a grand jury to the court when the jury has found, after examining the evidence presented, that there is a valid case.oun. (countable and uncountable, plural indictments). ( 1 law) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury. [from 14th c.]. ( 2 law) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned.
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- Prosecution definition, the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. See more.
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Verdict 1 Meaning of Verdict. 2  The formal declaration of a jury given after the trial of a cause, as reported by the jury to the court on the question of fact submitted to it for decision. 3  A verdict may be either general or special.
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verdict verdict. 1  Law the formal finding of a judge or jury on a matter submitted to them in a trial. 2  any decision or judgment.
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acquittal The definition of acquittal is  the legal act of dismissing charges brought against someone. An example of acquittal is when charges against a person are dropped because there is not enough evidence to convict him.
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acquittal 1. (Law) criminal law the deliverance and release of a person appearing before a court on a charge of crime, as by a finding of not guilty. 2. a discharge or release from an obligation, duty, debt, etc.
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- Criminal defendants mostly don’t get exonerated. They get acquitted, which is different. “Acquitted” doesn’t mean “found innocent.” It means that the state did not meet its burden of proof (beyond a reasonable doubt) to convict you.
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- accuse. 1  to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of): He accused him of murder. 2  to find fault with; blame. 3  to make an accusation.
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Physicists devise new way to analyze a bloody crime scene Don't get him wrong: Fred Gittes is, in his words, extremely squeamish.. But then a scientist with forensics training told him that crime scene investigators could use a better way to analyze blood spatters. The physicist in Gittes rose to the challenge. It seems as though what was being done was very crude from a physics point of view and that intrigued me, he says.
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In a court of law what does the terms disposed & dismissed mean? Are they the same? Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Disposed means the case was dealt with either by adjudication (trial, pleading, or ruling) or dismissal, and (as you stated) dismissal means that the charges are dropped or withdrawn.
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- acquittal - Legal Definition. n. In criminal law, the legal finding, by judge or jury, that an accused person is not guilty of the crime he is charged with. Once the acquittal is reached, the defendant may not be prosecuted again for the same criminal act or transaction.
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conviction Definition of conviction for English Language Learners. 1  law : the act of proving that a person is guilty of a crime in a court of law. : 2  a strong belief or opinion. : 3  the feeling of being sure that what you believe or say is true.
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prosecution Definition of prosecution. 1 : the act or process of prosecuting; specifically : the institution and continuance of a criminal suit involving the process of pursuing formal charges against an offender to final judgment.
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Indictment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An indictment (/ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/ in-DYT-mənt), in the common law system, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.
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absolve Absolve, acquit, exonerate all mean to free from blame. Absolve is a general word for this idea. To acquit is to release from a specific and usually formal accusation: The court must acquit the accused if there is not enough evidence of guilt.
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Condemnation Condemnation. From the standpoint of semantics, condemnation is part of legal terminology. When it is discovered that a crime has been committed, that the law has been broken, the process of investigation may lead to formal charges being levied against a defendant. The process of litigation leads to the outcome, a verdict of acquittal or guilt.