postconviction

postconviction

See also: post-conviction

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
English conviction
English postconviction

    From post- + conviction.

    Adjective

    postconviction (not comparable)

    1. Occurring after a judicial conviction.
      • 2008 February 21, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        The question for the court in this case was whether state courts, in considering postconviction appeals from criminal defendants, are bound by the same rule of nonretroactivity.

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