attainder

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According to the Constitution, "No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.

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cancellation of civil rights

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noun

cancellation of civil rights

Definitions

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noun

cancellation of civil rights

Example sentences

According to the Constitution, "No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.

[1]What the constitution forbids are bills of attainder, which are bills that declare a person guilty of a crime.

Yes, that'd be called a bill of attainder, I believe -- those are expressly forbidden by the constitution.

A bill of attainder refers to legislative bill declaring someone guilty of a crime.

It was one of the things that Americans were really ticked off about in those times, so much so that bills of attainder were banned when the constitution was written.

Of course, if powerful groups wanted such bills, we'd see lots of articles explaining how 'attainder' meant something else, something more specific.

" The bill of attainder here is attacking Saverin, as Schumer and Hatch have been doing to gain support for their bill, and passing a law making what Saverin did illegal.

I was watching a Revolutionary War area TV series the other night and one of the plot lines involves the British loyalists issuing Bills of attainder against suspected patriots effectively stealing all their property.