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• attaint — /ateynt/ Attainted, stained, or blackened. In old English practice, a writ which lay to inquire whether a jury of twelve men had given a false verdict, in order that the judgment might be reversed. 3 Bl. Comm. 402. This inquiry was made by a… …   Black's law dictionary

• attaint — /ateynt/ Attainted, stained, or blackened. In old English practice, a writ which lay to inquire whether a jury of twelve men had given a false verdict, in order that the judgment might be reversed. 3 Bl. Comm. 402. This inquiry was made by a… …   Black's law dictionary

• autrefois attaint — /owtrafwo atabn/°ateynt/ In criminal law, formerly attainted. An old English plea (now obsolete) that the defendant has already been attainted for one felony, and therefore cannot be criminally prosecuted for another …   Black's law dictionary

• autrefois attaint — /owtrafwo atabn/°ateynt/ In criminal law, formerly attainted. An old English plea (now obsolete) that the defendant has already been attainted for one felony, and therefore cannot be criminally prosecuted for another …   Black's law dictionary