conviction
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 14 U.S. 447 - Ammidon v. Smith · 1816Most cited · 15 citing opinions
technical meaning
Conviction is a technical term applicable to a judgment on a criminal prosecution, not to a proceeding on this bond. The act contemplates, a prosecution on which the party may be adjudged to suffer the penalties of perjury, in addition to which he is to be deprived of all benefit from the oath or affirmation.
How often courts cite the case defining “conviction”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “conviction” — 15 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.