attaint

v. take away rights and property; disgrace, humiliate

n. confiscation of property and rights; humiliation; stain; blow received in a fight

A writ of attaint is an obsolete writ in English law, issued to inquire whether a jury had given a false verdict in a trial. In criminal cases, the writ of attaint was issued at the suit of the Crown, and in civil cases at the suit of either party. The correctness of the verdict would be determined by a body known as the grand jury of attaint. This panel, consisting of twenty-four members, was twice the size of a normal trial jury. The party bringing the attaint could introduce only the same evidence that was originally given at trial while the jury whose verdict was questioned was allowed to present new matter.
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Verb
1. bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
(synonym) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, shame
(hyponym) foul, befoul, defile, maculate
2. condemn by attainder; "the man was attainted"
(hypernym) condemn

(v.)
An infecting influence.
  

(v.)
A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried.
  

(v.)
A touch or hit.
  

(v.)
A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
  

(v.)
A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
  

(v. t.)
To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder.
  

(v. t.)
To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
  

(v. t.)
To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
  

(v. t.)
To attain; to get act; to hit.
  

(v. t.)
To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
  

(v. t.)
To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
  

(p. p.)
Attainted; corrupted.
  

attaint /ə'teint/
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