Acquittance
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An agreement in writing to discharge a party from an engagement to pay a sum of money. It is evidence of payment, and differs from a release in this, that the latter must be under seal, while an acquittance need not be under seal. Pothier, Oblig. n.
781. See 3 Salk. 29S; Co. Litt. 212 a, 273 a; Milliken v. Brown, 1 Bawle (Pa.) 391.