conviction Copy link Outline I. The act of finding guilty1. damnātio2. If the proof of guilt rather than the sentence be meant, expr. with verbII. State of being sensible of guiltIII. Act of convincing of errorIV. Belief • conviction: I. The act of finding guilty: 1. damnātio: most cruel c.s of accused persons, reorum acerbissimae d., Cic.: c. for bribing, d. ambitus, Cic. (less freq., condemnātio: Ulp.) 2. If the proof of guilt rather than the sentence be meant, expr. with verb: as, to bring about the c. of an accused person, *efficere ut sceleris manifestus fiat: to have as clear as possible a c. of the conspirators, conjuratos quam maxime manifestos habere, Sall.: v. preced. articles. II. State of being sensible of guilt: conscientia: v. consciousness. III. Act of convincing of error: persuāsio: v. persuasion. IV. Belief: Phr.: I have a strong c., mihi persuasum, persuasissimum est, Cic.: magnus mihi animus est (where hope and desire are implied), Tac. Agr. 30, init.: v. belief, persuasion.
CONVICTION Copy link • CONVICTIONThe finding, or being fourd, guilty; circumlocution with convictus, compertus, etc. [ ☞ Convictio, in this sense, not Latin.] If it is his second conviction, on a charge of this kind, si quo in pari ante peccato convictus sit (Cic.): [If it is not necessary to distinguish between conviction and condemnation, Vid: CONDEMNATION.] Full persuasion, persuasio; but mostly by circumlocution with persuasum habere, etc. [Vid: “to be convinced, ’ under CONVINCE]. To entertain a full or firm conviction, persuasissimum habere; plenum persuasionis esse; mihi persuasissimum est; plane non dubito, quin certe scio (absolutely, and with accusative and infinitive).