One who is undergoing sentence for crime.
Definition of Convict
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
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Ballentine's Law Dictionary -
Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Editionn. One who has been condemned by a court. One who has been adjudged guilty of a crime or misdemeanor. Usually spoken of condemned felons or the prisoners in penitentiaries. Molineux v. Collisis, 177 N. Y. 395, 69 N. E. 727, 65 L. It A. 104; Morrissey v. Publishing Co., 19 R. L 124, 32 AH. 19; In re Aliano (C. C.) 48 FecL 517; Jones v. State, 32 Tex. Or. R. 135, 22 S. W. 404. Formerly a man was said to be convict when he had been found guilty of treason or felony, but before judgment had been passed on him, after which he was said to be attaint, (q. v.) Ch Litt. 390b.
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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition
v. To condemn after judicial investigation; to find a man guilty of a criminal charge. The word was formerly used aiso in the sense of finding against the defendant in a civll case.