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ATTAINT, WRIT OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 879 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ATTAINT, WRIT OF

ATTAINT, See also:
WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)
WRIT OF , an obsolete method of See also:

PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure in See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

law, for inquiring by a See also:

JURY

jury of twenty-four whether a false See also:

VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict had been given in a trial before an See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary jury of twelve. If it were found that an erroneous See also:

JUDGMENT

judgment had been given, the wrong was redressed and the See also:

ORIGINAL

original jury incurred See also:

INFAMY (Lat. infamia)

infamy, with imprisonment and See also:

FORFEITURE (from " forfeit," originally an offence, and hence a fine exacted as a penalty for such; derived through the O. Fr. forfeit, from the late Lat. foris factum, a trespass, that which is done foris, outside)

forfeiture of their goods, which punishments were, however, commuted later for a pecuniary See also:

PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty. In criminal cases a writ of attaint was issued at suit of the See also:

king, and in See also:

CIVIL

civil cases at the suit of either party. In criminal cases it appears to have become obsolete by the end of the 15th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Procedure by attaint in civil cases had also been gradually giving See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to the practice of granting new trials, and after the decision in Bushell's See also:

case in 167o (see JURY) it became obsolete, and was finally abolished by the Juries See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1825, except as regards jurors guilty of See also:

EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, Lat.'in and bracchia, arms)

embracery (q.v.).

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