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JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
Example:
the conviction came as no surprise
Synonyms:
condemnation; conviction; judgment of conviction; sentence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("judgment of conviction" is a kind of...):
final decision; final judgment (a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment)
Domain category:
criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgment of conviction"):
murder conviction (conviction for murder)
rape conviction (conviction for rape)
robbery conviction (conviction for robbery)
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