- 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...
- and some of
these were conditional.
Henry VIII:
compelled parliament to
attaint many
nobles during his lifetime,
including magnates with
major land holdings...
-
neutralising as many
magnates as possible.
Henry would make
parliament attaint undesirable nobles and magnates,
thereby stripping them of
their wealth...
-
Statutes of the Realm, vol. VI (1819);
James the Second, 1685: An Act to
Attaint James Duke of
Monmouth of High-Treason.
Chapter II. Rot. Parl. nu. 2. at...
-
Lords later p****ed the
Pains and
Penalties Bill 1820,
which attempted to
attaint Queen Caroline, but it was not
considered by the
House of Commons. No bills...
- ****embled a "Parliament of Devils" at
Coventry with the sole
purpose of
attainting York, his sons, Salisbury, and Warwick, however, the
actions of this ****embly...
- In the
United States, the
federal funds rate is the
interest rate at
which depository institutions (banks and
credit unions) lend
reserve balances to other...
-
negotiating the
backing of Siward, Earl of
Northumbria and Leofric, to
attaint and
exile Godwin.
Godwin and his sons were
exiled from
England in September...
- Crown. This was
achieved either by "****ng the jury" or by "writs of
attaint".
Juries were
packed by hand-selecting or by
bribing the jury so as to...
-
again suggests a
trial by the
Court of
Chivalry which had no
power to
attaint. Hence, his wife and sons were
allowed to
inherit his
lands and properties...
