Attaint.L
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Fr. [L.-Lat. attincttis,] In old Eng Ush law. Attainted; convicted or found guilty of some offence. Attaint de disseisin; convicted of disseisin.
Stat, Westm. 1, c. 24.
Defeated in an action. Fstre attaint et vaincu en aucun cas; to be attaint and overcome, or cast in any case. Cowell, Blount. A distinction however was generally made by the old writers between attainder and conviction.
See Cowell, Blount, 4 BL Com. 380.