Corruption-of-blood
noun, English Law.
1.
the impurity before law that results from attainder and disqualifies the attainted person from inheriting, retaining, or bequeathing lands or interests in lands: abolished in 1870.
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[kuh-ruhpt] /kəˈrʌpt/ adjective 1. guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge. 2. debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society. 3. made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text. 4. infected; tainted. 5. decayed; putrid. verb (used with object) 6. to destroy the integrity of; cause to […]
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[kuh-ruhpt] /kəˈrʌpt/ adjective 1. guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge. 2. debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society. 3. made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text. 4. infected; tainted. 5. decayed; putrid. verb (used with object) 6. to destroy the integrity of; cause to […]
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[kuh-ruhpt] /kəˈrʌpt/ adjective 1. guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge. 2. debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society. 3. made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text. 4. infected; tainted. 5. decayed; putrid. verb (used with object) 6. to destroy the integrity of; cause to […]
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