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fame name, and in the diftrift of AurJbat, on the i-ivor 

 Adour. It is a birtiop's fee. In this phicc are fix convents, 

 one college and an hofpital. In the neigliboiirhocid are 

 warm baths. N. lat. 4^° 47'. E. long. 1° o'. 



ACQi^A, a fmall place in Tiifcany, noted for its hot 

 baths. N. lat. 43° 45'. E. lonp^. 12° 10'. 



AcQUA ilMt Fico, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of 

 Naples and province of Calabria Ultra, 15 miles Welt of 

 Squillace. 



AcQUA Nei^ra, a town of Italy in Mantua, 2 miles N. 

 N. E. of Caneto. There is another town of the fame name 

 near the conflux of the Adda and Po, 3 miles Well of 

 Cremona. 



ACQLT AC KNACK, or .Acoj-'akinank, a town of 

 America, on the W. fide of PalTaic river, in tlie county of 

 Eflex in New Jerfey ; 10 miles N. of Newark, and 17 N. 

 W. from New York. 



ACQUAPENDENTE, a large town, now almofl de- 

 folate, though a bifliop's fee, and containing 16 churches 

 and convents, fituate on a rocky em.inence in the territory of 

 Orvieto in Italy. N. lat. 42° 43'. E. long. 11" 53'. 



ACQITARA, a town of Italy in the kingdom of Naples, 

 13 miles S. W. of Cangiano. 



ACQJLTARIA, a fmall -..own of Italy in Frignano, a 

 diftrift of Modena, famous for its medicinal waters. N. 

 lat. 44^ 24'. E. long. Ii" 17'. 



AcQUA Sparta, a town of Italy in Umbria, 10 miles W. 

 of Spokto. 



ACQUAVIVA, an inconfiderable town in the county 

 of Bari, a diftrift of Apuha in Italy. N. lat. 41^ 10'. E. 

 long. 16° 20'. Another town of this name lies 8 miles N. 

 N. W. of Rome, and another in the kingdom of Naples, 

 19 miles W. of Molife ; and again another in the Marquifate 

 of Ancona, 10 miles N. E. of Afcoli. 



ACQI-IEST, or AcclUist, formed of Fr. acquerir, 

 from acquirerc, to acquire ox ^et, is undcrllood in a legal {zwie, 

 of goods or eiTefts, acquired either by purchafe or donation. 

 The French laws make a great difference between acqucfts 

 and hereditary effefts. The civil law allows none. See 

 Heir. 



Acquest is alfo popularly iifed for coNCiUEST, or a 

 place acquired by the fword. 



ACQLTETTA, m Geography. See Acvy ETTA. 



ACQXJI, a fortified town and bifliop's fee in the duchy 

 of MontTerrat in Italy. It is fituated at a fmall diftance 

 from the Apennines, about 25 miles N. W. from Genoa, 

 and has its name from its warm baths. N. lat. 44° 40'. E. 

 long. 8° 30'. 



■ ACQITIDA, a fmall Dutch fort to the E. of Ancobar 

 river in the gold coaft of Africa. N. lat. 4' 32'. long, 

 nearly the fame with that of Greenwich. 



ACQLIIETANDLS Plegm, in laiv, a writ of juftices 

 lying for a furety agaiuft the creditor that rcfuics to acquit 

 him after the debt is paid. 



ACQUIETARE, in ancient la'iu-looh, fignifies to dif- 

 charge or pay the debts of a perfon deceafed ; as the 

 heir thofe of his father. Sec. 



ACQUISITION, the a£l of procuring a right or title 

 to the enjoyment or property of a thing, jlcquijilion is alio 

 ibmetimes ufcd for an .icquest, 



ACQl^ITTAL, a difcharge, deliverauce, or fetting 

 free of a perfon from the guilt or fufpicion of an offence. 

 Acquittal is of two kinds ; in /«w, and mfad. When two 

 perfons are appealed or indifted for felony, one as principal, 

 the other as accefibry ; the principal being difcharged, The 

 acceflbr)' is, by confcqucnce, alfo freed : in which cafe, as 

 the acceffory is acquitted ly laiu, fo is the principal in faU. 



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When a perfon I5 acquitted of a felony, and is quertioned 

 aojain for the fame crime, he may plead aiilrefoits aequi! ; as 

 his hfe cannot be twice cxpofed to danger for llie fume ofi- 

 fence. But in murder, acquittal doei not prevent an ap- 

 peal; and the principal or acccfTcry, may be either remit- 

 ted to prifon or bailed by the court, till the year and day 

 of appeal be palfcd. If a perfon is lawfully'acquittcd o!i 

 a malicious profecution, he may bring his adtion for d.v 

 inages, afterhe hath had a copy of tlie indidment. 



AcQ^iTTA I., is alfo ufed where there is a lord mesme and 

 tenant, and the tenant holds lands of the incfne, and the 

 mefne holds over the lord paramour : here, the ncfnc 

 ought to acquit the tenant of all ferviccs claimed by any 

 other for the fame lands ; the tenant being to do fer\icc to 

 the mefne only, and not to divers lords for one parcel of 

 land. ^ 



ACQUITTANCE, or Q^uittance, a rclcafc or dif- 

 pharge ui writing, for a fum of money" or other duty, 

 which ought to be paid or done. No perfon is obliged to 

 pay without an acquittance, and the acquittance of a fer- 

 vant accuftomed to receive money for his maflcr, is a good 

 difcharge. The verb acquit, the participle acquitted, and 

 the noun acquittal, do all fignify a difcharge from an offence 

 objeftcd. In which cafe we meet with acquitted by pro- 

 clamation. 



ACRA,or AcARA,in(j^<;fr<3/i/ij,adcpcndent and tributary 

 diftridl of the kingdom of AQUAMnoE,on the coaft of Gui- 

 nea, in Africa ; where the Englilh, Dutch and Danes have 

 llrong forts, which arc confidered as the bell on the whole 

 coafl;. That of the Englifli is Fort James, fituate on a 

 rock, and capable of mounting 20 cannons. Near it is 

 a falt-pit, which fupplies a great part of the coaft with this 

 commodity, and yields a confiderable revenue. The Dutch 

 fort is Creveceur, ftanding on a rock and gtiarding the beach. 

 TheDanilh fort is Chriftianburgh, which is the only place the 

 Danes pofTcfs on this coaft. Each fort hath its adjacent 

 village ; though the general one is Acra, the name of the 

 ancient kingdom, before it was fubdued by the Aquainboans, 

 and its inhabitants removed to httle Popo. N. lat. 5". 40'. 

 E. long. i". 29'. 



AcRA, in Ancient Geography, one of the hills of Jeioifa- 

 lem, on which flood the old or lower city ; as the new or 

 high city, called alfo the city of David, was fituate on 

 mount Zion, to the fouth of Acra. This is fuppofed by 

 fome to be the fame with Mount Moriah, on a part of which 

 Solomon built his temple ; and they allcdge, that Moriah 

 in Hebrew, and Acra in Greek, have the fame meaning, 

 and fignify an eminence. Wells's Sacr. Geog. vol. Hi. p. 76. 



As there was a citadel or fortrefs built on this hill by An- 

 tiochus, in order to annoy the temple, which was after- 

 wards taken and razed by Sirnon Maccabrus, it is not im- 

 probable that the name was derived from this rircumftance. 

 Anc. U. H. vol. ii. p. 488. The Afmonean kings, not fa- 

 tisfied with having razed the citadel built by the Syrians, 

 lowered the top of the mountain, and filled up the valley 

 towards the eaft, by which means the ground on which the 

 temple Hood, or Mount Moriah, became higher than Acra, 

 and thus the communication between them was rendered 

 more eafy. 



Acra, in Syria. See .'\crf. 



Acra Point, See H ads hilar. 



ACRABA, a town of Mefopotamia in Alia, fituate 

 near the river Chaboras, about 36' :o'. N. lat. 



ACRABATA, a town of Afia, towards the limiu of 

 Samaria, 



ACRABATENE, the name of two diftrifts of Judiea ; 



one extending itfelf between Scheclion;, a&w Naplol'a, and 



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