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Definition of Bill of attainder
1. Noun. A legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial. "Bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States"
Definition of Bill of attainder
1. Noun. (legal) A legislative determination imposing punishment without trial; prohibited under the United States Constitution. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bill Of Attainder
Literary usage of Bill of attainder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States by William Whiting (1864)
"WHAT IS A bill of attainder ? Wherein does it differ from other statutes for the
punishment ... A "bill of attainder," in the technical language of the law, ..."
2. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"No, Sir, his model will be, not our bill of attainder, but his own ; not our
bill, which, on full proof, and after a most fair hearing, inflicts deserved ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"A bill of attainder is not, necessarily, an ex post facto law. A British act of
Parliament might declare that if certain individuals or a class of ..."
4. The History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Restoration by Francis Charles Montague (1907)
"On April 21 the third reading of the bill of attainder was carried by 204 ...
At length the commons persuaded the lords to consider the bill of attainder, ..."
5. The Constitution of the United States by United States, Robert Desty, Albert J. Brunner (1884)
"3 No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. A bill of attainder
is a legislative act which inflicts punishment without a judicial trial.1 ..."
6. A Short Constitutional History of England by Henry St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"Bill of Attainder is a Bill passed by Parliament for the ?'" ?f. f ' Attainder.
attaint of any person. It passes through the stages of an ordinary Bill (p. ..."
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