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Bill Of Attainder

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Noun

1. bill of attainder

a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial

Example Sentences:
'bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bill Of Attainder

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noun
(formerly) a legislative act finding a person guilty without trial of treason or felony and declaring him or her attainted
See also attainder (sense 1)

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Bill Of Attainder

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a legislative enactment by which a person is pronounced guilty, without trial, of an alleged crime, orig. a capital crime, esp. treason: prohibited in the U.S. by the Constitution

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bill Of Attainder

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n. pl. bills of attainder
A legislative act that pronounces a person guilty of a crime and imposes an attainder. The US Constitution prohibits bills of attainder.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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