attainder

[uh-teyn-der] /əˈteɪn dər/
noun
1.
the legal consequence of judgment of death or outlawry for treason or felony, involving the loss of all civil rights.
2.
Obsolete, dishonor.
Origin
1425-75; late Middle English, noun use of Anglo-French attaindre to convict, Old French ataindre to convict, attain
Examples from the web for attainder
  • At early common law, an offender convicted of a capital offense was placed in a state of attainder.
  • No attainder shall work corruption of blood, nor except during the life of the offender forfeiture of estate.
  • No conviction of treason or attainder shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.
British Dictionary definitions for attainder

attainder

/əˈteɪndə/
noun
1.
(formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony See also bill of attainder
2.
(obsolete) dishonour
Archaic equivalent attainture (əˈteɪntʃə)
Word Origin
C15: from Anglo-French attaindre to convict, from Old French ateindre to attain
Word Origin and History for attainder
n.

"extinction of rights of a person sentenced to death or outlaw," mid-15c., from noun use of Old French ataindre "to touch upon, strike, hit, seize, accuse, condemn" (see attain). For use of French infinitives as nouns, especially in legal language, cf. waiver.