Difference between revisions of "Attaint"
(Created page with "Attaint <ref name="term_89528" /> <p> (1): </p> <p> (v.) A touch or hit. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (v.) A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a f...") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Attaint <ref name="term_89528" /> | |||
<p> (1): | Attaint <ref name="term_89528" /> | ||
==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (v.) [[A]] touch or hit. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) To find guilty; to convict; - said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v.) [[A]] stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v.) [[A]] blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v.) An infecting influence. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (v. t.) To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (v. t.) To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (v. t.) To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (p. p.) Attainted; corrupted. </p> <p> '''(12):''' (v. t.) To attain; to get act; to hit. </p> | ||
== References == | |||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_89528"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/attaint Attaint from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_89528"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/attaint Attaint from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 00:59, 13 October 2021
Attaint [1]
(1): (v.) A touch or hit.
(2): (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.
(3): (v. t.) To find guilty; to convict; - said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
(4): (v.) A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
(5): (v.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
(6): (v.) An infecting influence.
(7): (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.
(8): (v. t.) To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
(9): (v. t.) To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
(10): (v. t.) To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
(11): (p. p.) Attainted; corrupted.
(12): (v. t.) To attain; to get act; to hit.
