Attainder
[ә'teindә]
Definition
(n.) The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder.
(n.) A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation.
Typist: Nadine
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Corruption of blood.
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Definition
n. act of attainting: (law) loss of civil rights through conviction for high-treason.—v.t. Attaint′ to convict: to deprive of rights for being convicted of treason: to accuse of: disgrace stain (from a fancied connection with taint).—n. (arch.) the act of touching a hit (in tilting): (Shak.) infection: attainder: a stain disgrace.—Older pa.p. Attaint′—(Shak.) corrupted tainted.—ns. Attaint′ment Attaint′ure state of being attainted.
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