English Dictionary

not guilty

名詞

(law) A formal plea by a defendant of not being culpable for the crime with which the defendant is charged.

日本語の意味

（法）被告人が告発された犯罪に対して自らの無実を主張する正式な弁明

She entered a not guilty plea at the arraignment, formally denying the charges.

彼女は起訴審で無罪の申し立てを行い、正式に起訴事実を否認した。

意味（1）

(law) A formal plea by a defendant of not being culpable for the crime with which the defendant is charged.

If you do not plead, a plea of not guilty will be entered for you.

意味（2）

(law) A verdict or formal finding by the legal system that a defendant is not culpable for the crime with which the defendant was charged.

My heart beats through five not guilties. Six, seven, nine, eleven. Seventeen not guilties. The prosecutor's lips curl.

意味（3）

A member of a jury or tribunal supporting acquittal, or a vote cast in support of acquittal.

Two not guilties. Seven for conviction. I'm a 'not guilty,' she said.

意味（4）

A person who has been acquitted of a crime.

The not guilties walked out and went to work if they had jobs; the guilties were hauled away to spend maybe thirty days on the county farm growing cabbage.

not guilties （ plural ）