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noun - cancellation of civil rights
In the ancient common law, the state into which an offender was placed when a sentence against him for a capital offense was handed down.
Dishonor.
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| the forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony. |
| cancellation of civil rights |
| The forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony. |
| In the ancient common law, the state of an offender who had been sentenced for a capital offense. |
| Obsolete Dishonor. |
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In English criminal law, attainder or attinctura was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony or treason). It entailed losing not only one's life, property and hereditary titles, but typically also the right to pass them on to one's heirs. Both men and women condemned of capital crimes could be attainted. * Attainder by confession resulted from a guilty plea at the bar before judges or before the coroner in sanctuary. Attainder by verdict resulted from conviction by jury. Attainder by process resulted from a legislative act outlawing a fugitive. The last form is obsolete in England (and prohibited in the United States), and the other forms have been abolished. |