Convict
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. convictus.] In practice. One who is found guilty of an offence by the verdict of a jury, or other legal decision.
Staundf. Pl. Cor. 186.
Termes de la ley.
Cowell.
Wharton's Lex
Convict recusant, in English law, was a person who had been legally prosecuted, indicted, and convicted for refusing to come to church to hear the common prayer, according to several statutes of Elizabeth and James. Termes de la ley.