Acquittal
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
A judicial deliverance from an accusation. Acquittal in fact: a verdict of not guilty. Acquittal in law: a discharge by operation of la^, as of an accessary by acquittal of the principal.
In old English law
An exemption from entry and molestation by a superior lord, for services issuing out of lands.