acquittance

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And with arms folded proudly on his breast, he waited for the acquittance that seemed to be his due.

From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.

About eleven years afterwards, the same merchant gave an acquittance to Henry VIII. of England, for the sum of 152,180 l.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

There is one Richard Osannas, a witness to an acquittance in the later Anglo-Saxon times, the name being probably from the Frankish Osanna, which seems, however, to have been originally a woman's name.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert

Sir, I am paid for't, The summes you borrowed, are return'd; The bonds Cancel'd, and your acquittance formerly seal'd: Look here Sir, Gaspero is witness to it.

From The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by Beaumont, Francis

Footnote 326: The Duke of Clarence was at Bourdeaux, February 5, 1413, and signed an acquittance there, April 14, 1413.

From Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth by Tyler, James Endell