Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Corruption of Blood

Loss of title and entailed estates in consequence of treason, by which a man's blood is attainted and his issue suffers.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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