ACQUITTAL in a Sentence

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You clearly don't think an apparent acquittal offers much advantage," said the painter, "perhaps deferment would suit you better.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACQUITTAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
acquittal
 n.  state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  Absolute acquittal is the best, of course, only there's nothing I could do to get that sort of outcome.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
2  I don't think there's anyone at all who could do anything to get an absolute acquittal.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
3  Moreover, you said earlier that the judges can be influenced personally but now you insist that an absolute acquittal, as you call it, can never be attained through personal influence.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
4  Apparent acquittal and deferment.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
5  "Apparent acquittal and deferment," said the painter.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
6  If there's an absolute acquittal all proceedings should stop, everything disappears from the process, not just the indictment but the trial and even the acquittal disappears, everything just disappears.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
7  With an apparent acquittal it's different.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
8  When that happens, nothing has changed except that the case for your innocence, for your acquittal and the grounds for the acquittal have been made stronger.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
9  Seen from outside it can sometimes seem that everything has been long since forgotten, the documents have been lost and the acquittal is complete.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
10  The trial will always start over again," said the painter, "but there is, once again as before, the possibility of getting an apparent acquittal.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
11  When the acquittal is passed the judges are already aware that re-arrest is likely.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
12  Of course not," said the painter, "the second acquittal is followed by the third arrest, the third acquittal by the fourth arrest and so on.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
13  You clearly don't think an apparent acquittal offers much advantage," said the painter, "perhaps deferment would suit you better.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
14  I repeat, this doesn't require so much effort as getting an apparent acquittal, but it probably requires a lot more attention.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
15  I don't mean by this that the defendant is never free, he's never free in the proper sense of the word with an apparent acquittal either.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
Example Sentence:
1  The jury returned an acquittal after only seventeen minutes.
2  The defence lawyer made an eloquent plea for his client's acquittal.
3  His acquittal by the jury surprised those who had thought him guilty.
4  There is outrage in Indigenous communities over the recent acquittal of a Saskatchewan farmer of all charges relating to the shooting death of young Colten Boushie.