- In
English criminal law,
attainder or
attinctura was the
metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood"
which arose from
being condemned for a serious...
- A bill of
attainder (also
known as an act of
attainder or writ of
attainder or bill of penalties) is an act of a
legislature declaring a person, or a...
- of Warwick. He was
created Earl of
Warwick in 1478
shortly after the
attainder and
execution of his
father for treason. His
potential claim to the throne...
-
century as the M****achusetts
colonial legislature was
asked to
reverse the
attainders of "George
Burroughs and others". In
January 2016, the
University of Virginia...
- The
Attainder of the Earl of
Kildare Act 1536 (28 Hen.8 c.18) was a bill of
attainder p****ed by the
Parliament of
England to
authorise the
execution of...
- a
result of the
attainder, his son,
Richard Welles, 7th
Baron Welles, did not
succeed him in the
barony of
Welles until the
attainder was
reversed by...
- at the
onset of the Revolution. In October, 1779, the New York Act of
Attainder, or
Confiscation Act
named persons who
acted injurious to the state, declared...
-
attainder of
first and
second creations in 1398;
attainted 1400) The first, second, and
fourth creations lay
under attainder from 1400. The
attainder...
- but gold and
silver Coin a
Tender in
Payment of Debts; p**** any Bill of
Attainder, ex post
facto Law, or Law
impairing the
Obligation of Contracts, or grant...
- 1703 she and her late
husband John
Proctor were
granted a
reversal of
attainder by the M****achusetts legislature.
Elizabeth was born in 1650 in Lynn,...