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postconviction

postconviction adjective: occurring after a judicial conviction.

Adjective

postconviction (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after a judicial conviction.
    • 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.2008 February 21, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions”, in New York Times

Antonyms of postconviction

Origin of postconviction

From post- + conviction.

Questions about postconviction

What does postconviction mean?
Postconviction means occurring after a judicial conviction.
What part of speech is postconviction?
Postconviction is an adjective.

Words near postconviction in the dictionary

  1. postconvention
  2. postconventional
  3. postconvergence
  4. postconvergent
  5. postconversion
  6. postconviction
  7. postconvulsive
  8. postcooling
  9. postcoordination
  10. postcoordinations
  11. postcopulation

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