attaint

attaint ([schwa]-taynt), adj. Maligned or tarnished reputationally; under an attainder for crime.

attaint, n. Hist. A writ to inquire whether a 12-member jury gave a false verdict. • If it was so found (by a 24-member jury), the judgment based on the verdict was overturned. The writ was abolished in England in 1826.


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