Acquittal vs. Conviction — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Acquittal and Conviction
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Definitions
Acquittal
In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal certifies that the accused is free from the charge of an offense, as far as the criminal law is concerned. The finality of an acquittal is dependent on the jurisdiction.
Conviction
In law, a conviction is the verdict that usually results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime. The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal (that is, "not guilty").
Acquittal
Judgment, as by a jury or judge, that a defendant is not guilty of a crime as charged.
Conviction
The judgment of a jury or judge that a person is guilty of a crime as charged.
Acquittal
The state of being found or proved not guilty.
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Conviction
The state of being found or proved guilty
Evidence that led to the suspect's conviction.
Acquittal
The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
Conviction
The act or process of convincing.
Acquittal
(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
Conviction
The state or appearance of being convinced
She spoke with real conviction on the matter.
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Acquittal
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
Conviction
A fixed or strong belief.
Acquittal
(historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
Conviction
(countable) A firmly held belief.
Acquittal
(rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
Conviction
(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
Acquittal
The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
Conviction
(uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
Acquittal
A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
Conviction
(uncountable) The state of being wholly convinced.
Acquittal
A judgment of not guilty
Conviction
The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.
The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment.
Conviction
A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.
Conviction may accrue two ways.
Conviction
The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.
For all his tedious talk is but vain boast,Or subtle shifts conviction to evade.
Conviction
The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.
To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences.
And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction?
Conviction
An unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
Conviction
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed;
The conviction came as no surprise
