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Abatement ab initio

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000264

The legal principle where a criminal conviction is nullified from the very beginning if the defendant dies while an appeal is pending. The death of the appellant prevents the appellate court from reviewing the merits of the case. This renders the conviction as if it never occurred, erasing the legal record of guilt.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000264
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000264",
  "term": "Abatement ab initio",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The legal principle where a criminal conviction is nullified from the very beginning if the defendant dies while an appeal is pending. The death of the appellant prevents the appellate court from reviewing the merits of the case. This renders the conviction as if it never occurred, erasing the legal record of guilt.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/abatement-ab-initio/"
}

Record 23 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.