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Definition of Conviction

1. Noun. An unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence.

2. Noun. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed. "The conviction came as no surprise"

Definition of Conviction

1. n. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.

Definition of Conviction

1. Noun. A firmly held belief. ¹

2. Noun. A judgement of guilt in a court of law. ¹

3. Noun. The state of being found or proved guilty. ¹

4. Noun. The state of being convinced. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conviction

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conviction

conveyorized conveyorizes conveyorizing conveyorless conveyors conveyour conveys convicinity convicious convict

convict fish convictable convicted convictfish convicting conviction (current term) convictions convictism convictive convicts

convince convinced convinced(p) convincement convincements convincer convincers convinces convincible convincing

Literary usage of Conviction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"And here, they observed, that the conviction purported on the face of it to have been made on the 28th of March, and there was no evidence to shew that it ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The court there says, by Mr Justice Gray: "A conviction of being a common seller of intoxicating liquors has been held to bar a prosecution i'or a single ..."

3. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"We aro all of opinion that the conviction must be quashed. ... Misdemeanour—Prior conviction of Felony not alleged in Indictment—Period of Penal ..."

4. The Practical Works by David Clarkson (1865)
"THE conviction OF HYPOCRITES. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, ... The latter part of it be applies for conviction, the conviction of hypocrites ..."

5. Sermons by Frederick Brooks, Phillips Brooks (1875)
"PERSONAL conviction AND POPULAR CLAMOR. " And they were instant with ... There is no conviction that wrings the sentence from Pilate, by its moral strength. ..."

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