The Only Use of
acquit
in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- So they always acquit; and then a MAN goes in the night, with a hundred masked cowards at his back and lynches the rascal.
Chpt 22acquit = officially find "not guilty" of criminal charges
Definition:
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(acquit as in: she was acquitted) to officially find "not guilty" of criminal chargeseditor's notes: Note that to be acquitted is not the same as being declared innocent of an offense due to the presumption of innocence in the American judicial system. The court determines if there is sufficient evidence to find someone guilty. Some crimes require a lot of evidence for a conviction, so while there may not be enough evidence to declare someone guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt, there also may not be enough evidence to declare a defendant innocent except through the presumption of innocence.