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Definition of Attaints
1. attaint [v] - See also: attaint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attaints
Literary usage of Attaints
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind, and Other Remarkable Customs by Charles Sandys (1851)
"Ill expressly reserves the trial of attaints, in Kent, by twenty-four knights of
that county. But we find that even in actions of attaint, ..."
2. The Common Law of Kent: Or, The Customs of Gavelkind. With an Appendix by Thomas Robinson (1822)
"5., persons were not to be compelled to serve on inquests in attaints, by reason
of lands which they held of the tenure of ..."
3. History of Trial by Jury by William Forsyth, Appleton Morgan (1852)
"On attaints and New Trials. IN considering the comparative advantages of different
systems of judicial inquiry, an important point to notice is the ..."
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