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attainder
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. cancellation of civil rights [syn: civil death ]
Wikipedia
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In English criminal law , attainder or attinctura was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime ( felony or treason ), without judicial trial. It entailed losing not only one's life, property ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"extinction of rights of a person sentenced to death or outlaw," mid-15c., from noun use of Old French ataindre "to touch upon, strike, hit, seize, accuse, condemn" (see attain ). For use of French infinitives as nouns, especially in legal language, see ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Attainder \At*tain"der\, n. [OF. ataindre, ateindre, to accuse, convict. Attainder is often erroneously referred to F. teindre tie stain. See Attaint , Attain .] The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context legal rare English) The state a prisoner enters once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights. 2 (context obsolete English) A stain; a state of dishonour or condemnation.
Usage examples of attainder.
The attainder of the Duke of Clarence was considered reason sufficient why his children should be excluded from the throne, and their uncle in consequence became, by right of birth, King of England: his son he created Prince of Wales.
Even if they were put aside, that attainder passed against the Duke of Clarence was an insufficient reason to deprive his son of his lawful inheritance.
An act of attainder had been passed against the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Lovel, the Staffords, and all indeed of note who had appeared against him.
Sir William Scrope, earl of Wiltshire, in 1393, and by his subsequent attainder for high treason and the confiscation of his estates, became a fief of the English crown.
Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
Within the meaning of the Constitution, however, bills of attainder include bills of pains and penalties.
The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
An act of grace for reversing the attainder of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, also passed this session without opposition.
The attainder itself, as passed by the Irish parliament, was an instance of contemptible servility to the ruling powers by that corrupt assembly.
York, had been exposed to the rigor of law, and had been condemned by sentence of attainder and outlawry.
They passed an act of attainder, not only against the marquis of Exeter, the lords Montacute, Darcy, Hussey, and others, who had been legally tried and condemned, but also against some persons of the highest quality, who had never been accused, or examined, or convicted.
Being pressed to give a more explicit answer, they replied, that if a person were attainted in that manner, the attainder could never afterwards be brought in question, but must remain good in law.
The measures for divorcing Henry from Anne of Cleves were carried on at the same time with the bill of attainder against Cromwell.
All the considerable business transacted this session, besides the attainder of Lord Seymour, regarded ecclesiastical affairs, which were now the chief object of attention throughout the nation.