2. Adjective. (rare) Tainted, corrupted. ¹
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Definition of Attainted
1. attaint [v] - See also: attaint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attainted
Literary usage of Attainted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"u- ju r -rLr • Li attainted 3. A man attainted of felony may be fued for debt or
... and the defendant pleaded that he was attainted; pi. 25. ..."
2. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"Of Boston. ALEXANDER, embarked with the British Army for Halifax in 1776.
Of Pennsylvania. JAMES, attainted of treason. Residence unknown. HUGH. Merchant. ..."
3. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1824)
"25. ted on an indictment, or the principal attainted, i;c. the wife or heir ...
3 H. 7. allows an appeal, if he be acquitted or attainted, a fortiori if he ..."
4. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"... and sold as the estate of George Sinclair, an attainted traitor, to the said
James ... an attainted traitor, to the said James Parr, for the sum of ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1903)
"The blood of the attainted person was deemed to be corrupt, ... The crime of the
attainted felon was deemed a breach of the implied condition in the ..."
6. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1841)
"Two gentlemen, a Dominican friar, and a yeoman, were by the same act attainted,
for saying, that that venomous serpent the bishop of Rome was supreme head ..."
7. The Commentaries, Or Reports of Edmund Plowden: ... Containing Divers Cases by Edmund Plowden (1816)
"Ъ. the said Duke of Suffolk, and the other attainted Persons above- named be
convicted and attainted of High-treason by the Authn- ritu of the ..."
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