|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
conviction
n 1: an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or
evidence [syn: conviction, strong belief, article of
faith]
2: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case
and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as
no surprise" [syn: conviction, judgment of conviction,
condemnation, sentence] [ant: acquittal]
|
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Conviction \Con*vic"tion\ (k[o^]n*v[i^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
convictio proof: cf. F. conviction conviction (in sense 3 &
4). See Convict, Convince.]
1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or
adjudging, guilty of an offense.
[1913 Webster]
The greater certainty of conviction and the greater
certainty of punishment. --Hallam.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having
jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the
state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal
tribunal.
[1913 Webster]
Conviction may accrue two ways. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the
admission of a truth; confutation.
[1913 Webster]
For all his tedious talk is but vain boast,
Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong
persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being
convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.
[1913 Webster]
To call good evil, and evil good, against the
conviction of their own consciences. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
And did you presently fall under the power of this
conviction? --Bunyan.
Syn: Conviction; persuasion.
Usage: Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith;
persuasion respects matters of belief or practice.
Conviction respects our most important duties;
persuasion is frequently applied to matters of
indifference. --Crabb. -- Conviction is the result of
the [operation of the] understanding; persuasion, of
the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind,
persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. --C. J.
Smith. -- Persuasion often induces men to act in
opposition to their conviction of duty.
[1913 Webster]
|
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
CONVICTION, practice. A condemnation. In its most extensive sense this word
signifies the giving judgment against a defendant, whether criminal or
civil. In a more limited sense, it means, the judgment given against the
criminal. And in its most restricted sense it is a record of the summary
proceedings upon any penal statute before one or more justices of the peace,
or other persons duly authorized, in a case where the offender has been
convicted and sentenced: this last is usually termed a summary conviction.
2. As summary. convictions have been introduced in derogation of the
common law, and operate to the exclusion of trial by jury, the courts have
required that the strict letter of the statute should be observed 1 Burr.
Rep. 613 and that the magistrates should have been guided by rules similar
to those adopted by the common law, in criminal prosecution, and founded in
natural justice; unless when the statute dispenses with the form of stating
them.
3. The general rules in relation to convictions are, first, it must be
under the hand and seal of the magistrate before whom it is taken; secondly,
it must be in the present tense, but this, perhaps, ought to extend only to
the judgment; thirdly, it must be certain; fourthly, although it is well to
lay the offence to be contra pacem, this is not indispensable; fifthly, a
conviction cannot be good in part and bad in part.
4. A conviction usually consists of six parts; first, the information;
which should contain, 1. The day when it was taken. 2. The place where it
was taken. 3. The name of the informer. 4. The name and style of the
justice or justices to whom it was given. 5. The name of the offender. 6.
The time of committing the offence. 7. The place where the offence was
committed. 8. An exact description of the offence.
5. Secondly, the summons.
6. Thirdly, the appearance or non-appearance of the defendant.
7. Fourthly, his defence or confessions.
8. Fifthly, the evidence. Dougl. 469; 2 Burr. 1163; 4 Burr. 2064.
9. Sixthly, the judgment or adjudication, which should state, 1. That
the defendant is convicted. 2. The forfeiture or penalty. Vide Bosc. on
Conviction; Espinasse on Penal Actions; 4 Dall. 266; 3 Yeates, 475; 1
Yeates, 471. As to the effect of a conviction as evidence in a civil case,
see 1 Phil. Ev. 259; 8 Bouv. Inst. 3183.
|
|
|
Thesaurus Results for conviction:
|
1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
anathematizing, arrogance, aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, assuredness, belief, censure, certainty, certitude, cheerful expectation, cocksureness, condemnation, confidence, confidentness, courage, damnation, death sentence, death warrant, denouncement, denunciation, dependence, desire, doctrine, dogma, doom, doomed hope, excommunication, expectation, eye, fair prospect, faith, feeling, fervent hope, fixed opinion, good cheer, good hope, great expectations, guilty verdict, high hopes, hope, hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope, hubris, implicit belief, judgment, mature judgment, mind, opinion, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, persuasion, poise, pomposity, position, positiveness, prayerful hope, presumption, pride, promise, proscription, prospect, prospects, rap, reliance, sanguine expectation, security, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-importance, self-reliance, sentence, sentiment, settled belief, settled judgment, staunch belief, steadfast faith, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, tenet, trust, unshaken confidence, verdict of guilty, view, well-grounded hope |
|
|
|
|
|
Common Misspellings > |
conviction oconviction ocnviction cocnviction onviction cconviction cnoviction conoviction cnviction coonviction covniction convniction coviction connviction conivction convivction coniction convviction convcition convicition convction conviiction convitcion convictcion convition convicction conviciton convictiton convicion convicttion convictoin convictioin convicton convictiion convictino convictiono convictin convictioon convictinon convictio convictionn sonviction csonviction sconviction donviction cdonviction dconviction fonviction cfonviction fconviction xonviction cxonviction xconviction vonviction cvonviction vconviction onviction c onviction conviction c9nviction co9nviction c9onviction c(nviction co(nviction c(onviction c0nviction co0nviction c0onviction cinviction coinviction cionviction cpnviction copnviction cponviction cknviction coknviction ckonviction clnviction colnviction clonviction canviction cenviction cunviction cogviction congviction cognviction cohviction conhviction cohnviction cojviction conjviction cojnviction cobviction conbviction cobnviction comviction conmviction comnviction co viction con viction co nviction condiction convdiction condviction confiction convfiction confviction congiction convgiction congviction conciction convciction concviction conbiction convbiction conbviction con iction conv iction con viction conv8ction convi8ction conv8iction conv*ction convi*ction conv*iction conv9ction convi9ction conv9iction convuction conviuction convuiction convoction convioction convoiction convjction convijction convjiction convkction convikction convkiction convlction convilction convliction convaction convection convistion convicstion convisction convidtion convicdtion convidction conviftion convicftion convifction convixtion convicxtion convixction convivtion convicvtion convivction convi tion convic tion convi ction convic5ion convict5ion convic5tion convic%ion convict%ion convic%tion convic6ion convict6ion convic6tion convicrion convictrion convicrtion convicyion convictyion convicytion convicfion convictfion convicftion convicgion convictgion convicgtion convichion convicthion convichtion convict8on convicti8on convict8ion convict*on convicti*on convict*ion convict9on convicti9on convict9ion convictuon convictiuon convictuion convictoon convictioon convictoion convictjon convictijon convictjion convictkon convictikon convictkion convictlon convictilon convictlion convictaon convicteon convicti9n convictio9n convicti9on convicti(n convictio(n convicti(on convicti0n convictio0n convicti0on convictiin convictioin convictiion convictipn convictiopn convictipon convictikn convictiokn convictikon convictiln convictioln convictilon convictian convictien convictiun convictiog convictiong convictiogn convictioh convictionh convictiohn convictioj convictionj convictiojn convictiob convictionb convictiobn convictiom convictionm convictiomn convictio conviction convictio n Definition commonly spelled as: Defanition or Defenition, Synonym as: Synonim, Sinonym or Sinonim, Thesaurus as: Thesorus or Thesauris, Dictionary as: Dictionery or Dictionry and Define is usually not misspelled. What does mispell meen? It Meens...
Full Map Index: Å Norway-Am Timan Chad |
Ama United States of America-Audon France |
Audouville-la-Hubert France-Baskil Turkey |
Baskin United States of America-Bindoy Philippines |
Bindoy Philippines-Breuilpont France |
Breukelen Netherlands-Campofelice di Fitalia Italy |
Campofelice di Roccella Italy-Champigny France |
Champigny-en-Beauce France-Colle San Magno Italy |
Colle Sannita Italy-Damulog Philippines |
Damurhuda Bangladesh-Duliāgaon India |
Duliajan No.1 India-Ethridge United States of America |
Étienville France-Frignano Italy |
Frignicourt France-Gouhenans France |
Gouillons France-Hasselbach Germany |
Hasselbach Germany-Hurlock United States of America |
Huron United States of America-Jovellanos Cuba |
Jovellar Philippines-Kirchzell Germany |
Kircubbin United Kingdom-La Gomera Guatemala |
La Gonfrière France-Le Hohwald France |
Le Hommet-dArthenay France-Loma de Gato Philippines |
Loma de Juárez Mexico-Mālpur India |
Mālpura India-Memphis United States of America |
Memphis United States of America-Montería Colombia |
Monteriggioni Italy-Navalilla Spain |
Navalmanzano Spain-Noyelles-lès-Seclin France |
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles France-Pachelma Russia |
Pachgaon India-Piégut-Pluviers France |
Piekary Śląskie Poland-Prilep Macedonia |
Přílepy Czech Republic-Reuil-en-Brie France |
Reuilly France-Şag Romania |
Şag Romania-Saint-Puy France |
Saint-Python France-Santa Rita Panama |
Santa Rita Venezuela-Sewarhi India |
Sewen France-Sparbu Norway |
Spardorf Germany-Tamparan Philippines |
Tampayan Philippines-Tottington United Kingdom |
Tottleben Germany-Valdivia Chile |
Valdivia Colombia-Villeneuve-le-Roi France |
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon France-White City United States of America |
White City Canada-Żywiec Poland |
|
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.
|
©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy |
|