Object

• defendant: An acquitted defendant will not be required to pay toward his defense.

• jury: The verdict Following the 11 week Old Bailey trial, on 6 May 1994, the jury acquitted Malcolm Kennedy of murder.

• person: Urgent detention of acquitted persons Section 134: power of court to detain acquitted persons 259.

• court: But in late 2002 a US court acquitted Elcomsoft and said the firm had done nothing wrong.

Preposition: on

• count: He was acquitted on all counts; the prosecution then appealed to the General Assembly.

• charge: He was acquitted on charges of plotting to overthrow the Sudanese Government on August 22nd 1998.

Subject

• jury: Two youths were acquitted by the jury on 25 April, 2002.

Modifying Another Word

• honorably: He was honorably acquitted of blame by a court martial.

• formally: He was formally acquitted of the charge by the trial judge Mrs Justice Heather Hallett.

• subsequently: The two officers concerned were found guilty of cruelty to animals, although they were subsequently acquitted by the Appeal Court three years later.

• eventually: She is eventually acquitted at her trial, thanks to evidence from an old woman who had been paid to give her an alibi.

• finally: Ferlinghetti was finally acquitted and Ginsberg became a household name.

Preposition: of

• manslaughter: The two acquitted of manslaughter on the direction of the judge.

• murder: Once in court she is acquitted of the murder.

• blame: He was honorably acquitted of blame by a court martial.

• charge: He was formally acquitted of the charge by the trial judge Mrs Justice Heather Hallett.

• offense: From 4th April 2005 onwards, police will be able to re-investigate a person acquitted of a serious offense.

• crime: His troops filled the capital and he was acquitted of the crime.

Preposition: by

• jury: Two youths were acquitted by the jury on 25 April, 2002.