Attainder
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
The extinction of civil rights and capacities which resulted upon judgment of death or outlawry for treason or felony. It included forfeiture of property; corruption of blood, so that nothing could pass by inheritance to the heirs of the person attainted, nor could he himself inherit from others; and inability to bear witness in a court of law, to sue or be sued, or even to be put on trial again for felony.