Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Autrefois convict
a plea in bar of arraignment that the defendant has been convicted of the offense. See double jeopardy.
Convict
ub. To find (a person) guilty of a criminal offense either upon a criminal trial, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere (no contest).
Conviction
n. 1. The act or process of judicially finding someone guilty of a crime; the state of having been proved guilty. 2. The judgment (as by a jury verdict) that a person is guilty of a crime. 3. A strong belief or opinion.
abiding conviction
A settled conviction; a definite conviction based on a thorough examination of the case.
abstract of conviction
A summary of the court's finding on an offense, esp. a moving violation.
conviction rate
Within a given area or for a given time, the number of convictions (including plea bargains) as a percentage of the total number of prosecutions undertaken.
de clerico convicto commisso gaolae in defectu ordinarii deliberando
[Law Latin "for delivering a cleric convicted and committed to gaol in defect of his ordinary"] Hist. A writ ordering the delivery of a cleric to his ordinary (i.e., superior) when the cleric did not claim benefit of clergy and consequently was convicted of a felony. See ORDINARY (1); BENEFIT OF CLERGY (1).
judgment of conviction
The written record of a criminal judgment, consisting of the plea, the verdict or findings, the adjudication, and the sentence. Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(d)(1).
postconviction-relief proceeding
A state or federal procedure for a prisoner to request a court to vacate or correct a conviction or sentence. - Also termed postconviction-remedy proceeding; PCR action; postconviction proceeding.
summary conviction
A conviction of a person for a violation or minor misdemeanor as the result of a trial before a magistrate sitting without a jury.