The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who has been charged with crime; a deliverance or setting free a person from a charge of guilt; finding of not guilty.

Procedure whereby the accused is brought before the court to plead to the criminal charge against him in the indictment of information.

The general name for several species of writs, common characteristic of which is that they require the officer to take a named defendant into custody.

The result of a criminal trial that ends in a judgment or sentence that the accused is guilty as charged.

In criminal law, a charge, preferred before a magistrate having jurisdiction, that a person named, has committed a specific offense, with an offer to prove the fact, to the end that a prosecution may [..]

The defendant’s response to a criminal charge (guilty, not guilty or nolo contendere).

The defendant’s response to a criminal charge (guilty, not guilty or nolo contendere).

The party against whom relief or recovery is sought, or the accused in a criminal case.

The pre-trial devices that can be used by one party to obtain facts and information about the case from the other party in order to assist the party’s preparation for trial.

An order of judgment finally disposing of an action, suit, motion, etc., without trial of the issues involved.