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Definition of Convicting
1. convict [v] - See also: convict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convicting
Literary usage of Convicting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Digest of Canadian Criminal Case Law: Comprising the Reported Cases on by George Edward McCrossan, Samuel Davies Schultz, Andrew Miller Harper (1908)
"Notice of application for a certiorari must be given to the convicting magistrate,
and the want of it is good cause against a rule nisi to quash the ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1802)
"We wish the very respectable author of this work had con- tented himself with
convicting Dr. Hurd of plagiarism : that is consistent with the plan and title ..."
3. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1921)
"... one of you out of that jury box and convicting you of crime. All testimony
should be closely scrutinized in a case where there was so much reason to ..."
4. The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons, from by Thomas B. H. Stenhouse (1873)
"James M. Ashley sees the Difficulty of convicting the Apostles for Polygamy—He
tells Tom Corwin's Story of the ..."
5. The History of the Great Riots: Being a Full and Authentic Account of the by James Dabney McCabe (1877)
"... Littlehales, Rae and Powell—Terrible Reign of Crime—The Mollies Responsible
for the Murders—Impossibility of convicting a Mollie of a crime—The Mollies ..."
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