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attainor Law.|əˈteɪnə(r), -ˌɔː(r)| [a. AF. atteignour = OF. atteigneur, f. atteign-ant, pr. pple. of atteindre: see attain.] One of the twenty-four jurors in the ancient process of attaint.
[1292Britton iv. ix. §4 Si acun bie a fere atteyndre acuns jurours, si fet a prendre garde quant des jurours et queus furent en l'assise, issi qe chescun jurour eit deus atteignours al meyns.] 1865Nichols transl., When any one desires to attaint any jurors, it must be seen how many and what jurors were upon the assise, so that each juror may have two attainors at least. |