JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judgment of conviction mean? 

• JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION (noun)
  The noun JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION has 1 sense:

1. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

  Familiarity information: JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

condemnation; conviction; judgment of conviction; sentence

Context example:

the conviction came as no surprise

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)