Your conviction is a personal belief that you have about something, and standing by it means keeping to this personal belief instead of abandoning it when something tempts you.
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.
A personal conviction is your personal belief.
Do you mean convention, because I'm pretty sure there was no constitutional conviction.
Loyalty is believing in, standing up for, defending, supporting and working to advance someone or something. Loyalty is limited only by conviction.
A criminal conviction does not necessarily mean that you cannot adopt a child. If your conviction had nothing to do with offenses against children or violence then you would still be able to adopt.
Henry Thoreau presumes that his cellmate's conviction in civil disobedience is genuine and that he truly believes in the cause for which he was imprisoned. Thoreau likely respects his cellmate for standing up for his beliefs, even at the cost of his freedom.
If an appeals court upholds a conviction, it means it has found no legal basis to reverse the conviction, even when all evidence, motions, and testimony are viewed in a light most favorable to the defendant.
A record of conviction means that a number of things depends on what had been issued earlier. It means that the record was dissolved and that it no longer exist.
The opposite of a conviction is a non-conviction. (See non-conviction)
No. You can own a firearm.
The act of convicting; a declaration that a person is guilty of an offense.
Without much enthusiasm or conviction. Half heartedly.