final decision,
final judgment a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
jurisprudence,
law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
tradition, an acquittal formally certifies the innocence of the accused, as far as the criminal law is concerned. This is so even where the prosecution is abandoned nolle prosequi. Under the rules of double jeopardy and autrefois acquit, an acquittal operates to bar the retrial of the accused for the same offense, even if new evidence surfaces that further implicates the accused.
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acquittal A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
