Usually means: Legislative act imposing punishment directly.
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  1. bill of attainder: Merriam-Webster
  2. bill of attainder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bill of attainder: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bill of attainder: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bill of attainder: Vocabulary.com
  6. bill of attainder: Wordnik
  7. bill of attainder: Wiktionary
  8. bill of attainder: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. bill of attainder: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. bill of attainder: Dictionary.com
  11. Bill of Attainder, Bill of attainder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. bill of attainder: Rhymezone
  13. bill of attainder: FreeDictionary.org
  14. bill of attainder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. bill of attainder, attainder, bill of: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bill of attainder: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. bill of attainder: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bill of attainder, attainder, bill of: Legal dictionary

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  1. bill of attainder: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bill of attainder)

▸ noun:  (law) A legislative determination imposing punishment without trial.

Similar:
statute law, true bill, penalty, decree absolute, statutory law, popular action, bill, indictable offence, bench warrant, bench trial, more...

Opposite:
ex post facto, due process

Types:
ex post facto, more...

Adjectives:
attaint, not guilty, guilty, accused, pleading, arrested, exigent, tort, traverse, nominal, count

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Similar:
statute law, true bill, penalty, decree absolute, statutory law, popular action, bill, indictable offence, bench warrant, bench trial, more...

Opposite:
ex post facto, due process

Types:
ex post facto, more...

Adjectives:
attaint, not guilty, guilty, accused, pleading, arrested, exigent, tort, traverse, nominal, count



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