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ATTAINDER, English criminal law(law)
BILL OF ATTAINDER, legislation, punishment(law)

attainder (iou)



attainder noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman attainder, atteinder, use as noun of inf. atteinder, Old & mod. French atteindre ATTAIN verb: see -ER4.]
Hist. The action or process of attainting; spec. the legal consequences of a sentence of death or outlawry, i.e. forfeiture of estate, deprivation of rank or title, and loss of civil rights generally. LME.
act of attainder, bill of attainder: introduced in Parliament for attainting a person without trial.
fig. Condemnation; dishonour; slander. L16-M18.
Shakespeare Richard II Have mine honour soil'd With the attainder of his slanderous lips. S. Johnson A resumption of ancestral claims, and a kind of restoration to blood after the attainder of a trade.