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guilty 1 adj guilt·i·er, -est1: having committed a crime: justly charged with a specified crimeguilty of larceny2: involving guilt or culpabilityguilty knowledgeguilty 2 n1: a plea of a criminal defendant who does not intend to contest the charges2: a verdict of a jury that believes the defendant committed the crime charged compare nolo contendere, not guilty, not guilty by reason of insanity
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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at fault, blamable, blameworthy censurable, chargeable, condemnable, convicted, criminal, criminous, culpable, delinquent, deserving of blame, deserving of punishment, deserving reproof, erring imputable, in error, in the wrong, incriminated, indictable, peccant, reprehensible, reproachable, reprovable, sceleratus, to blame, transgressing
associated concepts: bail, conviction, find the defendant guilty, guilty as charged, guilty knowledge, guilty of the crime charged, guilty of wrongdoing, innocence, insanity, parole, plea of guilty, qualified plea of guilty, sentencing, verdict
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arrant (onerous), at fault, blameful, blameworthy, contrite, culpable, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), diabolic, illicit, peccable, peccant (culpable), reprehensible, vicious
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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the plea by an accused that he accepts that he committed the offence charged.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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In a criminal case, the admission by a defendant that he has committed a charged crime, or the finding by a judge or a jury that the defendant has committed the crime.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. The state of being deemed responsible for the commission of a crime, either as a result of a plea or the adjudication of a judge or jury.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Blameworthy; culpable; having committed a tort (See tort law) or crime; devoid of innocence.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Blameworthy; culpable; having committed a tort or crime; devoid of innocence.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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adj.having been convicted of a crime or having admitted the commission of a crime by pleading "guilty" (saying you did it). A defendant may also be found guilty by a judge after a plea of "no contest," or in Latin nolo contendere. The term "guilty" is also sometimes applied to persons against whom a judgment has been found in a lawsuit for a civil wrong, such as negligence or some intentional act like assault or fraud, but that is a confusing misuse of the word since it should only apply to a criminal charge.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
