Crossword clues for acquittance
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acquittance \Ac*quit"tance\, n. [OF. aquitance, fr. aquiter. See Acquit.]
The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
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A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from special officers.
--Shak.
Acquittance \Ac*quit"tance\, v. t.
To acquit. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 The clear off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability. 2 A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. n. 1 The clear off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability. 2 A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. vb. (context transitive obsolete English) To acquit.
WordNet
n. a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation [syn: release]
Usage examples of "acquittance".
On this principle, at Barjols, they tax the Ursulin nuns 1,800 livres, carry off fifty loads of wheat from the Chapter, eighteen from one poor artisan, and forty from another, and constrain canons and beneficiaries to give acquittances to their farmers.
There is the same punishment if to any contract or acquittance he affixes his accustomed signature.
In that case the acquittance falls on the land, and not on the person.