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attaint

VT ประกาศ เพิกถอน สิทธิ์  กล่าวหา ทำให้ สูญ เสียเกียรติ 

 

attaintment

N ความเสื่อมเสีย เกียรติ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ATTAINT

v.t.[See Attainder. ] 1. To taint or corrupt; to extinguish the pure or inheritable blood of a person found guilty of treason or felony, by confession, battle, or verdict, and consequent sentence of death, or by special act of Parliament.
No person shall be attainted of high treason where corruption of blood is incurred, but by the oath of two witnesses, etc.
2. To taint, as the credit of jurors, convicted of giving a false verdict. This is done by special writ of attaint. The conviction of such a crime attaints the reputation of jurors, and renders them infamous.
3. To disgrace; to cloud with infamy; to stain.
4. To taint or corrupt.

 

ATTAINT

n. 1. A stain, spot or taint. [See Taint. ]
2. Any thing injurious; that which impairs. Obs.
3. A blow or wound on the hinder feet of a horse.
4. A writ which lies after judgment against a jury for giving a false verdict in any court of record.

 

ATTAINTED

pp. Stained; corrupted; rendered infamous; rendered incapable of inheriting.

 

ATTAINTING

ppr. Staining; corrupting; rendering infamous by judicial act; depriving of inheritable blood.

 

ATTAINTMENT

n.The being attainted.

 

ATTAINTURE

n.A staining or rendering infamous; reproach; imputation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ATTAINT

At *taint ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attainted; p. pr. & vb. n.Attainting. ] Etym: [OE. atteynten to convict, fr. atteynt, OF. ateint, p. p. of ateindre, ataindre. The meanings 3, 4, 5, and 6 were influenced by a supposed connection with taint. See Attain, Attainder. ]

 

1. To attain; to get act; to hit. [Obs. ]

 

2. (Old Law )

 

Defn: To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs. ] Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. Blackstone.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: 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. [Archaic ]

 

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 Phattaint. Spenser. Lest she with blame her honor should attaint. Spenser.

 

ATTAINT

ATTAINT At *taint ", p. p.

 

Defn: Attainted; corrupted. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

ATTAINT

At *taint ", n. Etym: [OF. attainte. See Attaint, v.]

 

1. A touch or hit. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. (Far. )

 

Defn: A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. White.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: 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. Bouvier.

 

4. A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. Shak.

 

5. An infecting influence. [R.] Shak.

 

ATTAINTMENT

ATTAINTMENT At *taint "ment, n.

 

Defn: Attainder; attainture; conviction.

 

ATTAINTURE

ATTAINTURE At *tain "ture, n.

 

Defn: Attainder; disgrace.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

attaint

at taint |əˈtānt əˈteɪnt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (usu. be attainted ) historical subject to attainder. 2 archaic affect or infect with disease or corruption. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘touch, reach, attain ’): from obsolete attaint (adjective ), from Old French ataint, ateint, past participle of ateindre ‘bring to justice ’ (see attain ); influenced in meaning by taint .

 

Oxford Dictionary

attaint

at |taint |əˈteɪnt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 historical subject (someone ) to attainder. 2 archaic affect or infect with disease or corruption. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘touch, reach, attain ’): from obsolete attaint (adjective ), from Old French ataint, ateint, past participle of ateindre ‘bring to justice ’ (see attain ); influenced in meaning by taint .