Attaint
Definition of Attaint
At`taint´
v. t.
1.
To
attain
; to get
act
; to
hit
.
[
imp
. & p. p.
Attainted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Attainting
.]
2.
(Old Law)
To
find
guilty
; to
convict
; - said
esp
. of a
jury
on
trial
for
giving
a
false
verdict
.
Upon
sufficient
proof
attainted
of some
open
act
by
men
of his own
condition
.
- Blackstone.
3.
(Law)
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
.
No
person
shall
be
attainted
of high
treason
where
corruption
of
blood
is
incurred
, but by the
oath
of two
witnesses
.
- Stat. 7 & 8 Wm. III.
4.
To
accuse
; to
charge
with a
crime
or a
dishonorable
act
.
5.
To
affect
or
infect
, as with
physical
or
mental
disease
or with
moral
contagion
; to
taint
or
corrupt
.
My
tender
youth
was never
yet
attaint
With any
passion
of
inflaming
love
.
- Shak.
6.
To
stain
; to
obscure
; to
sully
; to
disgrace
; to
cloud
with
infamy
.
For so
exceeding
shone
his
glistring
ray
,
That Ph
bus
'
golden
face
it did
attaint
.
- Spenser.
Lest
she with
blame
her
honor
should
attaint
.
- Spenser.
p. p.
1.
Attainted
;
corrupted
.
n.
1.
A
touch
or
hit
.
2.
(Far.)
A
blow
or
wound
on the
leg
of a
horse
, made by
overreaching
.
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
.
4.
A
stain
or
taint
;
disgrace
. See
Taint
.
5.
An
infecting
influence
.
Related Words
befoul
,
defile
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
dishonour
,
foul
,
maculate
,
shame
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