All 4 Uses of
acquit
in
And Then There Were None
- After all, people don't like a Coroner's Inquest, even if the Coroner did acquit me of all blame!
p. 4..5acquit = find "not guilty"
- Matthews had been confident. Not a doubt of the verdict. Acquittal practically certain.
p. 59..6 *acquittal = an official finding of "not guilty"
- So incredible that they acquitted her.
p. 171..2acquitted = had a finding of "not guilty"
- One more of us acquitted-too late!
p. 183..1acquitted = proved "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.