Convict, a person found guilty of a crime or offence alleged against him, either by a verdict of a jury or other legal decision. The (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23), for abolishing forfeitures for treason and felony enables the Crown to appoint administrators of the Property of any convict sentenced to death or penal servitude for any treason or felony. The administrator has an absolute discretionary power of dealing with the convict' property, Carr v. Anderson, (1903) 2 Ch 279.
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