Acquietare

I. I. In old keep in quiet; to preserve mands not due; to cent Acquietatus:

I. To acquit.

Lat. [from ad, to; and quietare, to discharge; quietum reddere, to make quit, or quiet, i. e. content, or free from molestation; to give quiet, or keep in quiet, so that one may have no cause for further or future apprehension; to put at rest] To acquit; to discharge or release from a debt. Spelman, voc. Acquietantia. Quod acquietet B. de viginti solidis; that he acquit B. of twenty shillings. Reg. Orig. 158 a. To acquit; to pronounce, or declare innocent of a crime or charge. See Acquietatus. To keep quiet, or quit; to preserve or protect from molestation, as from demands for services not due. Acquietabimus, (we will acquit,) was one of the formal words in the clause of warranty, with which the old charters concluded. By this word the donor bound himself and his heirs to acquit the tenant, if any one should demand more or different service than what was contained in the charter. Bract. fol. 37 b. Warrantizare, acquietare et defendere; to warrant, acquit and defend. Id. fol. 30 a.