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acquittal

legal result of a verdict of not guilty
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acquittal

Summary

acquittal ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,977 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • acquittal's depicts is recorded as innocence[2].
  • acquittal is a type of court decision[3].
  • acquittal is a type of judgment[4].
  • acquittal is the opposite of conviction[5].
  • acquittal's has cause is recorded as verdict[6].
  • acquittal's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[7].
  • acquittal's immediate cause of is recorded as acquitted defendant[8].
  • acquittal's different from is recorded as exoneration[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include court decision[3] and judgment[4]. acquittal is the opposite of conviction[5].

Why It Matters

acquittal ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,977 views/month).[1] acquittal has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] acquittal is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Immediate cause of → acquitted defendant
    Opposite of → conviction
    Has cause → verdict
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28789, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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