corruption of blood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of corruption of blood
First recorded in 1555–65
Example Sentences
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An act was passed to relieve the children of Strafford from the forfeiture and corruption of blood which were the legal consequences of the sentence.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
"Is attainder and corruption of blood ever a proper punishment?"
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
“The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder shall work a corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted.”
From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester
The congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
From Studies in Civics by McCleary, J. T. (James Thompson)
But the same clause provides, that "no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted."
From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.
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