Attainder
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attainder
at·tain·der (-t n d r) n. 1. In the ancient common law, the state of an offender who had been sentenced for a capital offense. 2. Obsolete Dishonor.
noun . 1. the legal consequence of judgment of death or outlawry for treason or felony, involving the loss of all civil rights. 2. Obsolete. dishonor.
ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ateindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion
Bill of Attainder. Definition: A legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without a trial. The Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 9
Britannica online encyclopedia article on attainder (law), in English law, the extinction of civil and political rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry after a
At Common Law, that extinction of Civil Rights and capacities that took place whenever a person who had committed Treason or a felony received a sentence of death for the crime.
noun. forfeiture of property and loss of civil rights of a person sentenced to death or outlawed; Obsolete dishonor; Etymology: ME atteindre < Anglo-Fr atteinder, inf. used as
attainder. In English law, the extinction of civil and political rights after a sentence of death or outlawry, usually after a conviction of treason.
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