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He won an acquittal in his tax case.

Last week, Combs' lawyers asked the judge to consider an acquittal or new trial, citing objections over the Mann Act.

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If the court declines to grant an acquittal, his attorneys argued that a new trial is required due to "severe spillover prejudice from reams of inflammatory evidence".

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At the start of a criminal trial, jurors are told that there are two acquittal verdicts - but it is not explained how they differ.

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He used the grounds as a backdrop for negotiating the 1994 accord between Israel and Jordan, and he addressed the press there in 1999 after his acquittal by the Senate on impeachment charges.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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