† disattaintv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To free from the forfeiture of land and civil rights arising from a sentence for treason or felony. See attaint v. 6.
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society > law > legal right > resumption or restoration of rights > restore to legal rights [verb (transitive)] > restore from attainder
to restore in (also to) blood1555
disattaint1865
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xx. vii. 206 Earl Marischal..has been..pardoned, disattainted, permitted to inherit.
1889 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 323/1 Two years previously he had been pardoned and disattainted, and permitted to inherit the earldom of Kintore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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