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A writ of attaint is an obsolete writ in English law, issued to inquire whether a jury had given a false verdict in a trial. In criminal cases, the writ...

involving treason or sedition. In addition, the writ of attaint allowed a judge to retry the case in front of a second jury when the judge believed the first...

of restitution. Attachment Attaint Audita querela Bahio amovendo, a writ to remove a bailiff from his office for want of sufficient land in his bailiwick...

Bench, exclaimed in great frustration, "For God's sake, can I have a writ to attaint this fraud?" Judge Stanton replied, "Make your bill and you shall have...

punished, being proceeded against by writ of attaint. This changed in 1670 with Bushel's Case, in which the Court of Common Pleas held that a jury could...

has been the punishment of champions overcome, or yielding in the combat; of jurors found guilty in a writ of attaint; and of persons outlawed.  This...

Sheriffs Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55) (Attaint) c. 8 An attaint shall be granted as well upon a bill as upon a writ of trespass. — repealed by Statute Law...

pernor of the profits. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98) (Attaints) c. 4 The plaintiffs in attaint shall recover...

A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder, writ of attainder, or bill of penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group...

of an incumbent shall be void. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98) (Attaint) c. 5 In which courts an attaint may...

Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98) (Attaints in real actions) c. 38 An Attaint shall be granted in Plea of Land touching Freehold. — repealed by Statute...

statutes were often applied to Ireland. A 1285 writ authorised Stephen de Fulbourn, then Justiciar of Ireland, to apply there English statutes including...

Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98) (Legal proceedings) c. 3 A writ of error or attaint maintainable by him in the reversion. — repealed by Statute Law...

list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the years 1745–1749. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...

Justice, of all manner of pleas, as well of the Crown as of Assize, Novel Disseizin, Mort d'Ancestor, Juris Utrum, Certifications, and Attaints, and other...

list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the years 1715–1719. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...

until they shall be reversed by attaint or error. — repealed by Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (Cloths) c. 24 Aulnage of cloths may be let to ferm by...

transporting of wooll and flockes. c. 3 An Act touching jurors to passe in attaint. c. 1 An Act against leasers of corne. c. 2 An Act for the united of the parsonage...

list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland for the years from 1701 to 1750. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700 and List of acts...

Statutes of Attaints. He is listed as a double reader, along with his brother George, in a state paper, probably from about 1579. In 1567 the parliament of the...