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Complete Definition of "attainder"

English

Noun

en-noun
#law rare The state a prisoner enters once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.

Related terms
attaint
bill of attainder

Translations
trans-top|the state of a prisoner after a death sentence
Spanish: muerte civil, deshonra (obsolete)
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