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Definition of Attainted

Attaint
Attaint At*taint", p. p. Attainted; corrupted. [Obs.] --Shak.
Attaint
Attaint At*taint", n. [OF. attainte. See Attaint, v.] 1. A touch or hit. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Far.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. --White. 3. (Law) 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. --Bouvier. 4. A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. --Shak. 5. An infecting influence. [R.] --Shak.

Meaning of Attainted from wikipedia

- consequences of attainder. The descendants of an attainted person could not inherit either from the attainted person (whose property had been forfeited by...
- was outlawed by the de facto régime in England on 23 July 1694 and was attainted by Act of Parliament on 2 July 1695, when his honours became forfeit....
- 1723), attainted in 1716 Children: Lord Livingston (d. 1715) and Anne Livingston (d. 1747), who married the 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (attainted/forfeited...
- second creation of the title. Both elder and younger Despensers were attainted and executed in 1326, extinguishing the two creations. In 1338, Hugh le...
- of Dorset, who was created Duke of Somerset in 1448. That creation was attainted in 1463. It was created a third time in 1475 for Thomas Grey, 1st Earl...
- merged when he succeeded as Baron Hungerford in 1459. The third baron was attainted and the peerage forfeit in 1461. This attainder was reversed in 1485 for...
- Murder is an offence under the common law legal system of England and Wales. It is considered the most serious form of homicide, in which one person kills...
- Alexander Seton, and was forfeited in 1715 when the third viscount was attainted. The Irish title was created in 1768 as a subsidiary title for the Earl...
- chief advisor. At this time the title became extinct; it was posthumously attainted in 1523. The second creation of the dukedom was in 1623 for George Villiers...
- Scottish nobility who took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715. He was attainted with his titles forfeited. However, Lord Nithsdale made a celebrated escape...