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acquittal

/uh-kwit-l/US // əˈkwɪt l //UK // (əˈkwɪtəl) //

无罪释放,无罪开释,宣判无罪,无罪判决

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of acquitting; discharge.
    • : the state of being acquitted; release.
    • : the discharge or settlement of a debt, obligation, etc.
    • : Law. judicial deliverance from a criminal charge on a verdict or finding of not guilty.

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Examples

  • A year later, the acquittal of the Los Angeles police officers who beat Rodney King set off riots in the city, during which many Korean shops were burned and looted.

  • Schwartz referenced two cases where Berryment had achieved an acquittal at trial for one client and had a guilty verdict vacated by the state supreme court for another.

  • It is also clear having the trial, even with an acquittal, was important.

  • Over 13 months from the initial disclosure to the president’s acquittal on impeachment charges, the Dow rose almost 20 percent.

  • He became famous in the county court for a streak of acquittals that some say reached into the seventies.

  • Skoller relates how lucky he was for a hung jury—the final, deadlocked vote was eleven to one, for acquittal.

  • His mother was beaming and seemed to take the acquittal as a vindication.

  • One month and three days after the acquittal, Tupac was born.

  • However, this same high court threw out the acquittal in the first place, so Knox may need more than luck to walk free.

  • Even Bieber's ridiculous statement won't destroy a dismissal or acquittal for faulty probable cause.

  • The persecuted minister obtained both a complete acquittal, and a signal revenge.

  • The acquittal of the Girondists would have given them some little hope that they also might find mercy.

  • Could she obtain a triumphant acquittal, through the force of her own integrity, she would greatly exult.

  • The strongest man in Paris would be howled down by the mob if he attempted to procure her acquittal.

  • Ugly had left the country a decade ago, following his acquittal for petty thieving.