postconviction
English
Etymology
post- + conviction.
Adjective
postconviction (not comparable)
- Occurring after a judicial conviction.
- 2008 February 21, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions”, in New York Times:
- 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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Antonyms
- preconviction