acquittance
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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
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
If he be innocent, it is his bounden right to receive full acquittance here in the presence of those before whom he has been arraigned.
From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.
Gurth at length complied; and telling out eighty zecchins upon the table, the Jew delivered out to him an acquittance for the horse and suit of armour.
From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir
And withal he hath got not only acquittance from guilt, but acquaintance with Jesus Christ, the Blessing of the nations, and the Desire of all the families of the earth.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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