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ACQUEPENDENTE, a pretty large town of Italy, 
in the territory of the church, and patrimony of St. Peter, 
with a bifiiop’s fee. It is feated on a mountain, near the 
river Paglia, ten miles W. of Orvietto, and fifcy-feven N. 
by VV. of Rome. Lat. 42.43. Ion. 11.53. E. 
ACQUARIA, a finall town of Italy, in Frigana, a dif- 
trift of Modena, which is remarkable for its medicinal 
waters. It is twelve miles fouth of the city of Modena. 
Lat. 44.. 24. Ion. 11. 17. E. 
ACQUEST, /. \acqueji t Fr. from acqiierir, written by 
fome acquijl, with a view to the word acquire , or acquifita. ] 
Attachment, acquifition; the thing gained.—Mud, re- 
pofed near the oftea of rivers, makes continual additions 
to the land, thereby excluding the fea, and preferving 
thefe (hells as trophies and figns'Of its new acquejls and en¬ 
croachments. Woodward. 
Acquest, in law, fignifies goods got by purchafe or 
donation. See Conquest. 
ACQUI, a town of Italy, in the duchy of Montferrat, 
with a biihop’s fee, and commodious baths. It was taken 
by the Spaniards in 1745, and re-taken by the Piedmon- 
tefe in 1746; but after this, it was taken again and dif- 
mantled by the French, who afterwards forfook it. It is 
feated on the river Bornio, 25 miles N. W. of Genoa, and 
3oS.of Cafal. Lat. 44. 40. Ion. 8. 30. E. 
To ACQUIESCE, v n. [ acquiefcer , Fr. acquiefc.erc, Lat. ] 
To reft in, or remain fatisfied with, without oppofition or 
difcontent. It has in before the objeft. — Others will, up¬ 
on account of the receivednefs of the propofed opinion, 
think it rather worthy to be examined than acquifccd in. 
Boyle. 
ACQUIESCENCE, / A (dent appearance of content, 
diftinguiihed on one fide from avowed confent, on the other 
from oppofition.—Neither from any of the nobility, nor 
of the clergy, who were thought moftaverfe from it, there 
appeared any fign of contradiction to that; but an entire 
acquiefccnce in all the bifhops thought fit to do. Clarendon. 
—Satisfaction, reft, content. Submiffion, confidence.— 
The greatelt part of the wmrld take up their perfuafions 
concerning good and evil, by an implicit faith, and a full 
acquicfcence in the word of thofe, who (hall reprefent things 
to them under thefe characters. South. 
ACQUIRABLE, adj. That which may be acquired or 
obtained; attainable.—Thofe rational inftinfts, the con¬ 
nate principles engraven in the human foul, though they 
are truths acquirable and deducible by rational confequence 
and argumentation, yet feent to be infcribed in the very 
crafis and texture of the foul, antecedent to any acquifi¬ 
tion by induftry or the exercife of the difcurfive faculty 
in man. Hale. 
To ACQUIRE, v. a. £acqiierir , Fr. acquiro, Lat.] To 
gain by one’s own labour or power; to obtain what is not 
received from nature, or tranfmitted by inheritance. To 
come to; to attain.—Motion cannot be perceived w ithout 
the perception of its terms, viz. the parts of fpace which 
it immediately left, and thofe which it next acquires. Glan- 
ville. 
ACQUIRED, part. adj. Gained by one’s felf, in oppo¬ 
fition to thofe things which are bellowed by nature. 
ACQUIRER, J'. The perfon that acquires; a gainer. 
ACQUIREMENT, / That which is acquired; gain; 
attainment. The word may be properly ufed in oppoii- 
tion to the gifts of nature.—Thefe his acquirements, by in¬ 
duftry, were exceedingly both enriched and enlarged by 
many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward. 
ACQUISITION,/! [acqufitio, Lat.] The a£t of acqui¬ 
ring or gaining. The thing gained; acquirement.—A 
ftate can never arrive to its period in a more deplorable 
crifis, than when fome prince lies hovering like a vulture 
to difmember its dying carcafe; by which means it becomes 
only an acquifition to fome mighty monarchy, without hopes 
of a refit rreftion. Swift. 
ACQUISITIVE, adj. [ acquifuivus , Lat.] That wdiich 
is acquired or gained. — -He died not in his acquifitive, but 
in bis native, foil; nature hcrfelf, as it were, claiming a 
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final intereft in his body, when fortune had done with him* 
Wot ton. 
ACQUIST,/! Acquirement; attainment; gain. Not 
in ufe. 
To ACQUIT, v. a. \_acquiter , Fr.] To fet free. To 
clear from a charge of guilt; to abiolve; oppofed to con¬ 
demn, either (imply with an accufative, as, the jury acquitted 
him, or with the particles from or of which is more com¬ 
mon, before the crimes—He that judges, without inform¬ 
ing himfelf to the utmoft that he is capable, cannot acquit 
himfelf of judging amifs. Locke.— To clear from any ob¬ 
ligation.—Steady to my principles, and not difpirited with 
my afflictions, I have, by the bleiung of God on my en¬ 
deavours, overcome all difficulties; and, in fome meafure, 
acquitted myfelf o/the debt which I owed the public, when 
I undertook this work. Dryden. —In a fimilar fenfe, it is 
faid, the man hath acquitted himfelf well-, that is, he hath 
difcharged his duty/ 
ACQUITMENT,/ The ftate of being acquitted ; or 
aft of acquitting—The word imports properly an acquit¬ 
ment or difcharge of a man upon fome precedent accufa- 
tion, and a full trial and cognizance of his caufe had 
thereupon. South. 
ACQUITTAL,/ inlaw, fignifies a difcharge or being 
at reft from the fufpicion of a crime; as lie that.is upon a 
a trial and judgment given thereon difchargpd of a felony, 
i-s faid to be acquitted of the felony: and, if lie be drawn 
in queftion again for the fame felony, he may plead auter- 
fois acquit. For one (hall not be brought into danger of 
his lite upon the fame accufation more than once. 1 Injl. 
100. Acquittal is of two kinds; acquittal indeed , and ac¬ 
quittal in law. Acquittal in deed is, when a perfon is 
cleared by verdift. Acquittal in law is, as if two be in¬ 
dicted of felony, the one as principal, and the other as 
acceftbry, and the jury acquits the principal, in this cafe 
by law the acceflory alfo is acquitted. 2 Inf. 384. 
To ACQUITTANCE, v. a. To procure an acquit¬ 
tance; to acquit; a word not in prefent ufe: 
But, if black fcandal and foul-fac’d reproach 
Attend the fequel of your impofition, 
Your mere enforcement (hall acquittance me 
From all the impure blots and (tains thereof. 
Shahefpeare. 
Acquittance,/ The aft of difeharging from adebt. 
Acquittance, inlaw, is a fort of releafe, beingadif- 
charge ;n writing of a fum of money or otlwrduty, which 
ought to be paid or performed. As if one is bound to 
pay money upon an obligation, or rent referred upon a 
leafe, and the party to whom it is due, upon rece’ipt there¬ 
of, gives a writing under his hand, witnelling that lie is 
paid. This is fuch a difcharge in lav/, that he cannot de¬ 
mand or recover the fum or duty again, if the acquittance 
is produced. T. L. 
The obligor is not bound to pay money upon a ftngle 
bond, unleis the obligee will make him an. acquittance. 
Nor is he bound to pay it before he has the acquittance. 
And in this cafe the obligor may compel the obligee to 
make him an acquittance. But otherwrfe it is in cafe of 
an obligation with a condition; for there one may aver 
payment. Wood, b. ii. c. 3* 
But an acquittance is only an evidence of payment, and 
by the common law was not pleadable, becaufe it is bo 
deed. But now, by the ftatute of 4 Anne, c. 16. where 
an aftion of debt (hall be brought on a (Ingle bill or on a 
judgment, if the defendant hath paid the money due there¬ 
upon, fuch payment may be pleaded in bar of fuch aftion: 
and where an aftion.-of debt is brought upon a bond con¬ 
ditioned to be void on payment of a fmaller fum, at a day 
and place certain; if the defendant hath paid, before the 
aftion brought, the principal and intereft due by the con¬ 
dition of fuch bond, though not ftrffitly according to the 
condition, yet it may be pleaded in bar of the aftion : and 
on payment into court of principal, intereft, andcofts, the 
fame (hall be a full difcharge of the bond. S. is, 13. 
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