Middle English Dictionary Entry
convictiōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | convictiōn n. Also conviccion. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law The act of finding a person guilty of an offense, conviction.
Associated quotations
- (c1437) *Anc.Pet.(PRO)185.9240 : The appellant at whos sute thei were conuict hath gret repentance on here innocent conuiccion.
- (1450) RParl.5.213a : That the same conviction and atteindre be of the same force and effect..as if the same persones not apperyng were convict and atteint by origynall suyte of Appell.
- (1473) RParl.6.27b : All Actes of Attender, Conviction or Forfatour made or hade in the same Parliament..ayenste the said Robert Whytyngham.