acquittal of debt

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• acquittal — ac·quit·tal /ə kwit əl/ n 1: release or discharge from debt or other liability 2: a setting free or deliverance from the charge of an offense by verdict of a jury, judgment of a court, or other legal process see also implied acquittal; judgment… …   Law dictionary

• acquittal — (n.) early 15c., payment of debt or retribution; see ACQUIT (Cf. acquit) + AL (Cf. al) (2). Sense of a release from debt or obligation is from mid 15c.; that of freeing from charge or offense (by legal process) is from 1530s …   Etymology dictionary

• Acquittal — Ac*quit tal, n. 1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• acquittal — /euh kwit l/, n. 1. the act of acquitting; discharge. 2. the state of being acquitted; release. 3. the discharge or settlement of a debt, obligation, etc. 4. Law. judicial deliverance from a criminal charge on a verdict or finding of not guilty.… …   Universalium

• acquittal — acquit ► VERB (acquitted, acquitting) 1) formally declare that (someone) is not guilty of a criminal charge. 2) (acquit oneself) behave or perform in a specified way. DERIVATIVES acquittal noun. ORIGIN Latin acquitare pay a debt …   English terms dictionary

• acquittal — noun /ʌ.kwɪt.əl/ a) The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. b) (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court …   Wiktionary

• acquittal — Synonyms and related words: accordance, acquitment, acquittance, adherence, amortization, amortizement, binder, care, carrying out, cash, cash payment, clearance, compliance, condemnation, conformance, conformity, debt service, decision, defrayal …   Moby Thesaurus

• debt service — Synonyms and related words: acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, amortization, amortizement, binder, cash, cash payment, clearance, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal, discharge, doling out, down payment, earnest, earnest money, hire… …   Moby Thesaurus

• acquittal — ac quit·tal || tl n. act of declaring innocent; act of freeing from a debt or duty …   English contemporary dictionary

• discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… …   Law dictionary

• PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — CIVIL Court Sessions The courts of three (judges) exercising jurisdiction in civil matters (see bet din ) held their sessions during the day, but – following Jethro s advice to Moses that judges should be available at all times (Ex. 18:22) – they …   Encyclopedia of Judaism