Uk English Meaning of attaint
taint
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Definitions and Meaning of attaint in English
attaint (v)
bring shame or dishonor upon
condemn by attainder
attaint (v. t.)
To attain; to get act; to hit.
To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
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.
To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
attaint (p. p.)
Attainted; corrupted.
attaint (v.)
A touch or hit.
A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
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.
A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
An infecting influence.
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taint
bring shame or dishonor upon, condemn by attainderTo attain; to get act; to hit., To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false
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attainment => Attainment, attaining => achieving, attained => achieved, attainder => attainder, attainableness => attainability,
