Definition that contains not guilty
- answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- clear pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- discharge pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- acquitted declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless
- acquittal a judgment of not guilty
- acquit pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- exonerate pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- exculpate pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- assoil pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- not guilty declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless