Public law

regulations governing international relations

branch of the government that has sole authority and responsibility for the administration of the state

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branch of law involving relationships between individuals and the state, or the functioning of the state itself

area of law

number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities

laws governing elections

legal act by a person of adopting a different name

legal protection for rescuers

legal rule or body of law created by the federal government of a country

parliamentary procedure

commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity

In English common law, attainder was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony or treason). It entailed losing not only one's life, property and hereditary titles, but typically also the right to pass them on to one's heirs. Anyone condemned of capital crimes could be attainted, sometimes as a substitute for the dreaded common law treason.