attainder
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1425–75; late Middle English, noun use of Anglo-French attaindre to convict, Old French ataindre to convict, attain
1425–75; late Middle English, noun use of Anglo-French attaindre to convict, Old French ataindre to convict, attain
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| 1. | See also bill of attainder (formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony |
| 2. | obsolete dishonour |
| [C15: from Anglo-French attaindre to convict, from Old French ateindre to | |
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Word Origin & History
attainder
"extinction of rights of a person sentenced to death or outlaw," mid-15c., from O.Fr. ataindre "to touch upon, strike, hit, seize, accuse, condemn" (see attain). O.Fr. infinitive used as a noun. Latin attingere had a wide range of meanings, including "to attack, to strike,
to appropriate, to manage," all somehow suggested by the literal sense "to touch."
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Example sentences
No attainder shall work corruption of blood, nor except during the life of the offender forfeiture of estate.
At early common law, an offender convicted of a capital offense was placed in a state of attainder.
No conviction of treason or attainder shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.
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