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Discover LudwigThe word 'attaint' is correct and usable in written English.
It is mainly used in legal contexts. It means to censure or condemn formally, as in a court of law. Example sentence: The court attainted the plaintiff for libel.
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Hotspur was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury (1403) fighting Henry IV; and his father, Northumberland, after being attainted in 1406 for plotting against Henry IV, was slain at Bramham Moore (Feb. 19, 1408).
Douglas, again deserted by his allies, fled to England; he was attainted (June 1455) and his wife divorced him.
The earldom lapsed in 1537 on the death of Henry (c. 1502 37), the 6th earl, whose brother was attainted for his role in the revolt known as the Pilgrimage of Grace (1536).
But he fled to Scotland after the disaster of Towton (1461) and was then attainted and condemned to forfeiture.
Strafford was put on trial and ultimately attainted for treason.
Consider Article III, Section 3: "The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted".
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