- 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...
-
backing of Siward, Earl of
Northumbria and Leofric, Earl of Mercia, 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...
-
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...
- ****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...
- 1831. Both were
found guilty but
escaped the
gallows because of
convict attaint: that is,
legal concerns as to
whether Blackstone's
evidence was admissible...
-
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...
-
Current Law
Statutes 1994, vol 4, p 12
Great Britain. (1746). An Act to
attaint Alexander Earl of Kellie,
William Viscount of Strathallan,
Alexander Lord...
