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Definition of Acquittances
1. acquittance [n] - See also: acquittance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acquittances
Literary usage of Acquittances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Law in Shakespeare: With Explanations of the Legal Terms by Edward Joseph White (1911)
"Sec. 73. Specialties—acquittances.— "Prin. We arrest your word: Boyet, you can
produce acquittances, For such a sum, from special officers, Of Charles, ..."
2. Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts by Thomas Lechford, James Hammond Trumbull (1885)
"... shillings and nyne pence of the said Thomas Beech from whome the same is due
to me, to my use; and acquittances sufficient in my place thereupon to make ..."
3. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"For which Mr. Chamberlain shall give acquittances; upon receipt of which acquittances
the surveyors shall proceed to set out such persons foundations. ..."
4. Archaeologia Americana: Transactions and Collections of the American by American Antiquarian Society, Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"9i7. of the said partyes who owe the same unto me, and upon payment give them
acquittances, wcb when you have received pay over ..."
5. The Law Summary: A Collection of Legal Tracts on Subjects of General by Benjamin Lynde Oliver (1833)
"Of acquittances, receipts, and releases. A person who pays money, should make it
an invariable practice to take a receipt for it, and should file it away ..."
6. A Treatise on the American Law of Guardianship of Minors and Persons of by John Gabriel Woerner (1897)
"Effect of Settlements in pals and acquittances by the Ward. — The difference in
the effect to be ascribed to transactions Different effect between persons ..."
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