What is ABSOLUTION? Definition of ABSOLUTION in Black's Law Dictionary
In Canon Law, a juridical act whereby the clergy declare that the sins of such as are penitent are remitted. Among Protestants it is chiefly used for a sentence by which a person who stands excommunicated is released or freed from that punishment. Encyc. Brit.
In the Civil Law a sentence whereby a party accused is declared innocent of the crime laid to his charge.
In French Law, the dismissal of an accusation.
The term acquitment is employed when the accused is declared not guilty, and absolution when he is recognized as guilty but the act is not punishable by law or he is exonerated by some defect of intention or will. Merlin, Report.
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