Attachment Of Privilege

In English law. A process by which a man, by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs, and who has the privilege to answer there. A writ issued to apprehend a person in a privileged place. Termes de la Ley.

A process by which a man, by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs, and who has the privilege to answer there.

— Bouvier Law Dictionary. A writ to apprehend one in a privileged place.

A process by which a man, by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs, and who has the privilege to answer there. A writ issued to apprehend a person in a privileged place. Termes de la Ley. whenever a person who has committed treason or felony receives sentence of death for his crime. 1 Steph. Com. 408; 1 Bish. Cr. L. § 641. Attainder by confession is either by pleading guilty at the bar U,>fore the judges, and not putting one's self on one's trial by a jury, or before the coroner in sanctuary, when, in ancient times, the offender was obliged to abjure the realm. Attainder by verdict is when the prisoner at the bar pleads not guilty to the indictment, and la pronounced guilty by the verdict of the jury. Attainder by process or outlaicry is wtren the party flies, and is subsequently outlawed. Coke, Litt. 391. Tbe effect of attainder upon a felon is, in general terms, that all his estate, real and personal, is forfeited; that his blood is corrupted, so that nothing passes by inheritance to, from, or through him; 1 Wins. Saund. 3G1, n.; G Coke G3 a, G8 b; 2 Rob. Eccl. 547; 22 Eng. L. & Eq. 598; that he cannot sue in a court of justice; Co. Litt. 130 a. See 1 Bish. Cr. Law. § 641. In England, by statute 33 & 34 Vict. c. 23, attainder upon conviction, with consequent corruption of blood, forfeiture, or escheat, is abolished. In the United States, the doctrine of attainder is now scarcely known, although during and shortly after the Revolution acts of attainder were passed by several of the states. The passage of such bills is expressly forbidden by the constitution. Under the Confiscation Act of July 17, 1S62, which imposed the penalty of confiscation of property as a punishment for treason and rebellion, all that could be sold was a right to the property seized, terminating with the life of the person for whose offence it was seized; Bigelow v. Forrest, 9 Wall. (U. S.) 339, 19 L. Ed. G96.

In English law. A process by which a man, by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs, and who has the privilege to answer there. A writ issued to apprehend a person in a privileged place. Termes de 1a Ley.

Defined under Attachment in Black's Law Dictionary.

English law. A process by which a man, by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs, and who has the privilege to answer here. A writ issued to apprehend a person in a privileged place. Termes de la Ley.

In English practice. An attachment founded upon, or having reference to privilege. Attomies and other officers of court were formerly privileged to sue in the courts to which they belonged, and the process by which actions in these cases were commenced was termed an attachment of privilege, 1 Tidd's Pr, 37, 38. Steph, PL 68. (Am. ed. 1824.) An attachment of privilege was also anciently so called, when it issued to apprehend a person in v^ place privileged, Termes de la ley.