That extinction of civil rights and capacities which takes place whenever a person who has committed treason or felony receives sentence of death for his crime. 1 Steph. Oomm. 408; 1 Bish. Crim. Law, … [Read more...] about ATTAINDER
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ATIA
Hatred or ill will. See DE ODIO ET ATIA … [Read more...] about ATIA
ATTAINT
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; Bract, fol. 2886 292. This inquiry was made by a grand assise or jury of twenty four persons, and, if they found the verdict a false one, the judgment wai. that the jurors should become infamous, should … [Read more...] about ATTAINT
ASSUMPTION
The act or agreement of assuming or taking upon one's self; the undertaking or adoption of a debt or obligation primarily resting upon another, as where the purchaser of real estate "assumes" a mortgage resting upon it, in which case he adopts the mortgage debt as his own and becomes personally liable for its payment. Eggleston v. Morrison, 84 111. App. 631; Locke v. Homer, 131 … [Read more...] about ASSUMPTION
ASTRUM
A house, or place of habitation. Bract fol. 2676; CowelL … [Read more...] about ASTRUM