1) Attainture
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1) Cancellation 2) Cancellation of civil rights 3) Civil death 4) Dishonor 5) English legal terminology 6) French word used in English
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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). It entailed losing not only one`s property and hereditary titles, but typically also the right to pass them on to one`s heirs. Both men and women condemned of...
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the loss of civil rights for high treason
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• (n.) A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation. • (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.
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in English law, the extinction of civil and political rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry after a conviction of treason or a felony.[1 related articles]
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forfeiture of hereditary honours and dignities following a conviction for treason
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1. 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. ... Formerly attainder was the inseparable consequence of a judicial or legislative sentence for treason or felony, and involved the forfeiture of all the r...
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At·tain'der noun [ Old French
ataindre ,
ateindre , to accuse, convict.
Attainder is often erroneously referred to French
teindre tie stain. See
Attaint ,
Attain .]
1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civi...
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English Criminal Law. Attinctura, the stain or corruption of blood which arises from being condemned for any crime.
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Attainder is the legal consequences of a sentence of death or outlawry pronounced against a person for treason or felony, the person being said to be attainted. It resulted in forfeiture of estate and 'corruption of blood,' rendering the party incapable of inheriting property or transmitting it to heirs; but these results now no longer follow. Form...
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[
n] - cancellation of civil rights
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civil death noun cancellation of civil rights
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the legal consequence of judgment of death or outlawry for treason or felony, involving the loss of all civil rights. · dishonor.
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