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To be acquited of a crime is to be deemed to be innocent of
the charges after a court hearing. This is different from a
<a href=lawglos_Discharge.html>Discharge</a>, where the case is never heard. In
general, a defendant who is acquited can not be tried again
for the same offence. If more than one defendant is on
trial for the same offence (see: <a href=lawglos_Accomplice.html>Accomplice</a>),
the acquital of one of them is not admissible as evidence
in favour of the others. A conviction, however, is
admissible against the other defendants. This is because an
acquital is not `proof' of innocence, it is merely an
indication that the prosecution did not establish a case
strong enough for a conviction. In other words, `innocent
until proven guilty' does not mean that `all are innocent
until all are proven guilty'. 
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<a href=lawglos_CriminalLaw.html>CriminalLaw</a>


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`blameworthy act'; it is used to denote the event on which a criminal offence
is based. In many
cases the <i>actus reus</i> will be an explicit act (theft, 
assault, etc). In others it will be a prohibited state
of affairs (e.g., having an offensive 
weapon (see: <a href=lawglos_OffensiveWeapon.html>OffensiveWeapon</a>) 
in a public place). In some cases the <i>actus</i> can be
an omission to act (see: <a href=lawglos_Omission.html>Omission</a>), but usually only when the
those offences the prosecution has no duty to show
a <i>mens rea</i> (see: <a href=lawglos_MensRea.html>MensRea</a>); thus an offence cannot
be defended on the basis that there was no intention to
comment the offence, but it can be defended on the basis
that no offence was committed.
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This defence will only be available if the defendant truly
had <i>no</i> choice; for example, he was physically 
pushed by someone else. A defendant who makes a choice
between two equally dreadful alternatives (`help us rob
this bank or we'll shoot your wife') is not acting
involuntarily in this sense, but he may have a 
<a href=lawglos_GeneralDefence.html>GeneralDefence</a> of <a href=lawglos_Duress.html>Duress</a>.
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As defined in the <a href=lawglos_TheftAct1968.html>TheftAct1968</a>, a <a href=lawglos_Burglary.html>Burglary</a> in which 
the perpetrator has an offensive weapon (see: <a href=lawglos_OffensiveWeapon.html>OffensiveWeapon</a>).
This Act defines an offensive weapon as something that is
<i>intended</i> to cause harm.
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