Convict
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
One who has been condemned by a competent court. One who has been convicted of a crime or misdemeanor. He differs from a slave, not being mere property without civil rights, but having all the rights of an ordinary citizen not taken from him by the law. While the law takes ny his right of personal security against unlawful invasion; Westbrook v. State, 133 Ga. 578, 66 S. E. 788, 26 L. R. A. (N. S.) 591, 18 Ann. Cas. 295. See Prisoner; Prison Labor. To condemn. To find guilty of a crime or misdemeanor.
4 Bla. Com. 362.