Acquit
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Fr. acquiter, quiter; L. Lat. acquietare, q. v.] To free, clear or deliver from accusation. See Acquittal. To discharge from obligation, properly in writing. See Acquittance. To protect from molestation, or trouble. In the old common law, to see that a tenant be safely kept from any entries, or other molestation, for any manner of service issuing out of land, to any lord that is above the mesne.
Co. Litt. 100 a.
Litt. sect.
142.