Usually means: Punishment affecting family of convict.
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  1. corruption of blood: Merriam-Webster
  2. corruption of blood: Wordnik
  3. corruption of blood: Wiktionary
  4. corruption of blood: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. corruption of blood: Dictionary.com
  6. Corruption of Blood: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  7. corruption of blood: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Corruption of blood: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. corruption of blood: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. Corruption of blood: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (corruption of blood)

noun:  (historical, law) The doctrine in English common law that someone attainted of felony or treason has corrupt blood and so cannot inherit property and has no legal heirs.

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