A vacated conviction means the conviction is set aside, in this case by a judge following legal guidelines. A pardon is a conviction set aside by an executive (Governor or President). A conviction can be nullified by executive order or judicial order.
If you are referring to traffic tickets, vacated is the same as dismissed. The charge was dropped, and no conviction was entered.
A vacated conviction in WA State will set aside the disabilities imposed by the conviction. It replaces a guilty plea with a not guilty plea or a guilty conviction with a not guilty conviction. However, certain conditions must be met before a criminal conviction can be vacated.
In a divorce case the word vacated can mean either of two things. It can refer to a judge cancelling an order or judgment. It can also mean to move out of a house.
When a judge "vacates" something he is cancelling it and declaring it null and void. It sounds as if the judge (or someone) set a date for something, and the judge has cancelled that date.
It depends whether the offense was a felony or a misdemeanor, and there are certain qualifications you must meet, See the below link:
taken out, removed
It could mean, well, "vacated"... that is, moved out. But if you're talking about it in the sense of "the judgement of the lower court is vacated, and the case is remanded for further proceedings" it means something like "made void" or "cancelled."
A candidate for a banking position can get bonded if they have a sealed conviction from a juvenille case. Sealed convictions are not open to anyone other than the judge that sealed it and it takes a judge to open a sealed conviction.
Vacate is a term subject to different meanings. In the context of a court order or decision, vacate means to overrule or void. A decision may be vacated for error, however, the error must be significant enough that it affected the outcome. Vacating a conviction for a crime sometimes refers to when a court determines you have met certain conditions and orders the conviction removed from your criminal history record.
Only if the judge leaves office for one of the following reasons:ResignationRetirementDeathImpeachment and conviction (for a legitimate offense)
Any conviction for a crime can be overturned in North Carolina. However, a judge has to have a good reason for voiding the conviction.
Judges normally do give credit for time served before a conviction, but I wouldn't say that they HAVE to do that; the whole concept of being a judge is that they get to judge things, meaning, they get to make decisions. There are very few things that a judge has to do. They do what they see fit to do. Of course, if a judge makes a bad decision, it is possible that a higher court will reverse that decision.