A qualification of a man’s legal status produced by his conviction of an infamous crime and the consequent loss of honor and credit, which, at common law, rendered him incompetent as a witness, and by statute in some jurisdictions entails oth-er disabilities. McCafferty v. Guyer. 59 Pa. 116; Ex parte wilson, 114 U. S. 417, 5 Sup
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
