NOTGUILTY

not guilty

Noun

  1. A formal plea by a defendant of not being culpable for the crime with which the defendant is charged.
    If you do not plead, a plea of not guilty will be entered for you.
  2. A verdict or formal finding by the legal system that a defendant is not culpable for the crime with which the defendant was charged.
  3. A member of a jury or tribunal supporting acquittal, or a vote cast in support of acquittal.
  4. A person who has been acquitted of a crime.

Adjective

  1. Of a person, legally innocent of a crime which they have been accused of in a court of law.
    He was found not guilty because there was a reasonable doubt.
  2. Innocent.
    The jury said he was not guilty. I knew he wouldn't have done something like that.


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