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Attaint, writ of
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Attinctus
Attinctus, attainted.
Corruption of blood
blood (now abolished), one of the immediate consequences of attainder for treason or felony. The blood of the attainted person was said to be corrupted or attainted both upwards and down wards, so that he could neither
Terris liberandis
Terris liberandis, a writ that lay for a man convicted by attaint, to bring the record and process before the king, and take a fine for his imprisonment, and then
attainder
prohibits corruption of blood or forfeiture upon a conviction for treason “except during the life of the person attainted,” and Article I, Section 9 prohibits bills of attainder. Attainder was abolished in England in 1870.
bill
bills originate in the House of Representatives. bill of attainder 1 : a legislative act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare
Attainder
may be arrested. See Co. Litt. 390 b, 391 a. A descendant may now trace descent through an attainted ancestor by virtue of the (English) Inheritance Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 106), s. 10;
Bill of attainder
Bill of attainder, a bill declaring a person attainted and his property confiscated.
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