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conviction - use in sentences
Preposition: on
- indictment: In Scotland, the maximum fine on summary conviction is £ 40,000, or an unlimited fine on conviction on indictment.
Adjective modifier
- wrongful: Thus, the present system remains intact and there is unlikely to be a flood of claims for wrongful conviction or unlawful detention.
- unspent: It should also be noted that having a criminal record or unspent convictions is not an automatic barrier to becoming a custody visitor.
- criminal: I have a criminal conviction - will I still be able to adopt or foster?
- previous: Gibbons, who the court heard had previous convictions for violence, admitted unlawful wounding on the first day of his trial last month.
- speeding: Up to 2005, there have been 4.2 million speeding convictions in total, of which 2.2 million occurred in 2005.
- religious: The values we address today do not only resonate with people with deeply held religious conviction.
Converse of object
- quash: In addition, there are around 3,500 quashed criminal convictions a year at the Crown Court for convictions obtained at the magistrates ' courts.
- disclose: Any failure to disclose convictions will also need to be taken into account.
- overturn: JUL The Appeal Court overturns 18 convictions from the first supergrass trial.
- uphold: Appeal Court judges at a second appeal in 1996 contradicted those in the first appeal and upheld the conviction.
- declare: The form only asked me to declare any unspent convictions and mentioned nothing about cautions.
Noun used with modifier
- summary: The maximum penalty on summary conviction is currently £ 20,000.
- manslaughter: The maximum penalty for a corporate manslaughter conviction will be an unlimited fine.
Preposition: of
- sin: An enquirer once said to a minister, " The next step for me is to get a deeper conviction of sin.
Preposition: for
- manslaughter: Without it, there can only be a conviction for manslaughter.
- offense: The RSPCA obtained 271 convictions for badger offenses from 1986 to 1997.
- dishonesty: We believe that there is a need to consider the Applicant's sexual offenses alongside his convictions for dishonesty.
- murder: The proof of intent ( the mens rea or guilty mind ) is crucial to secure a conviction for murder.
- burglary: To Catch a Thief 7 x 30 BBC1 Richard Taylor and Michael Fraser have over 40 convictions for burglary & theft between them.
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