BILL OF ATTAINDER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bill of attainder" is a kind of...):

bill; measure (a statute in draft before it becomes law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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