Legal Definition and Related Resources of Acquittance
Meaning of Acquittance
In contracts. An agreement in writing to discharge a party from an engagement to pay a sum of money. It is evidence of payment, and differs from a release in this, that the latter must be under seal, while an acquittance need not be under seal. Poth. Obi. note 781. See 3 Salk. 298; Co. Litt. 212a, 273a; 1 Rawle (Pa.) 391.
What does Acquittance mean in American Law?
The definition of Acquittance in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
Something delivered to an obligor to evidence the extinguishment of an obligation. A written receipt, for instance, is an acquittance of a debt, given by the creditor to the debter. A release would be another form of acquittance. There is an implication that an acquittance must deal with an entire obligation, but a receipt given for part payment of a larger debt might properly be considered an “acquittance” for that part; it is sometimes called an “acquittance pro tanto.”
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Acquittance
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legal settlement of a debt, obligation, etc., early 14c., aquitaunce, from Old French aquitance and Medieval Latin acquietantia; see acquit + -ance.
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