All 4 Uses of
acquit
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- "You think they'll acquit him that fast?" asked Jem.
p. 277..4 *acquit = officially declare "not guilty"
- It was either a straight acquittal or nothing.
p. 294..2acquittal = official finding of "not guilty"
- You might like to know that there was one fellow who took considerable wearing down— in the beginning he was rarin' for an outright acquittal.
p. 297..8
- I told Jem if that was so, then why didn't Tom's jury, made up of folks like the Cunninghams, acquit Tom to spite the Ewells?
p. 303..1acquit = officially declare "not guilty"
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.