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attainder
noun 2
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3ADJ.
all, hereditary
VERB + ATTAINDER
doctored, lived, prearranged
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from
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noun
1
The state a prisoner entered once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.
Grandpa Piper led thereto by the arm […] and himself thrust into a chair, to support the character of dummy to Henry's prearranged attainder.
2
A stain; a state of dishonour or condemnation.
He lived from all attainder of suspects.
Some of the horses were registered under phony papers, their sires having been ruled off the track as doped or doctored. The hereditary attainder rule was very strict.
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Grandpa Piper led thereto by the arm […] and himself thrust into a chair, to support the character of dummy to Henry's prearranged attainder.
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He lived from all attainder of suspects.
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Some of the horses were registered under phony papers, their sires having been ruled off the track as doped or doctored. The hereditary attainder rule was very strict.
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