attaint – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
attaint
v.
take away rights and property; disgrace, humiliate
n.
confiscation of property and rights; humiliation; stain; blow received in a fight
Writ of attaint
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.
attaint
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
Attaint
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
attaint
attaint /ə'teint/- ngoại động từ
- (pháp lý) sự tước quyền công dân và tịch thu tài sản
- làm nhơ, làm hoen ố, bôi nhọ (danh dự...)
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) buộc tội, kết tội, tố cáo
- danh từ
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) vết nhơ, vết hoen ố
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