Bill of attainder
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bill-of-attainder-205-17826168
title:
Bill of attainder
text:
A bill of attainder is an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group of people, guilty of some crime, and providing for a punishment, often without a trial. As with attainder resulting from the normal judicial process, the effect of such a bill is to nullify the targeted person's civil rights, most notably the right to own property, the right to a title of nobility, and, in at least the original usage, the right to life itself. In the history of England, the word "attainder" refers to p
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encyclopedia
description:
Legislation declaring a person guilty
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder
date created:
2002-12-22T03:23:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T19:37:03Z
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