BILL OF ATTAINDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bill of attainder mean? 

• BILL OF ATTAINDER (noun)
  The noun BILL OF ATTAINDER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BILL OF ATTAINDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BILL OF ATTAINDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

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

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)