Attaint vs Attainder - What's the difference?
attaint | attainder |
(obsolete) Convicted, attainted.
(obsolete) Attainted; corrupted.
(archaic) To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
(archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
To taint; to corrupt, sully.
* 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.i:
(archaic) A blow or strike, especially in jousting.
* 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 484:
A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow
(obsolete, legal) The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict
(legal, rare) The state a prisoner enters once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.
(obsolete) A stain; a state of dishonour or condemnation.
* 1593 , , III. v. 32:
Attaint is a related term of attainder.
As nouns the difference between attaint and attainder
is that attaint is (archaic) a blow or strike, especially in jousting while attainder is (legal|rare) the state a prisoner enters once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.As an adjective attaint
is (obsolete) convicted, attainted.As a verb attaint
is (archaic) to subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.attaint
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* atteintAdjective
(en adjective)- (Shakespeare)
Verb
(en verb)- Amoret right fearefull was and faint, / Lest she with blame her honor should attaint [...].
Noun
(en noun)- At the moment of impact, the king's eyes are open, his body braced for the atteint ; he takes the blow perfectly, its force absorbed by a body securely armoured, moving in the right direction, maving at the right speed.
attainder
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* attaindre (qualifier)Noun
(en noun)- He lived from all attainder of suspects.
