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Meaning of Bill Of Attainder
The singling out of an individual for legislatively prescribed punishment whether the individual is called by name or described in terms of conduct which, because of its conduct, operates only as a designation of particular persons. Communist party of U.S. v Subversive Activities control board , 367 U.S. 1.
Bill Of Attainder Alternative Definition
A special act of the legislature pronouncing judgment of treason or felony on one who has not been tried in the courts, and passing sentence of death and attainder upon him. If the act inflicts a less punishment than death, it is called a “bill of pains and penalties.”
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United States Constitutional Meaning of Bill Of Attainder
A legislative finding of guilt and imposition of punishment without a court trial.
What does Bill Of Attainder mean in American Law?
What does Bill Of Attainder mean in American Law?
The definition of Bill Of Attainder in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
Article 1, § 9, clause 3 of the Constitution provides “No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed [by Congress].” Article 1, § 10, clause 1 provides “No State shall . . . pass any Bill of Attainder …. ” These clauses have been uniformly interpreted to bar both federal and state government not only from legislatively imposing an attainder on any person, but from any legislative imposition of punishment for any alleged crime, i.e., before being punished for [a] crime one must first be accorded a judicial trial.
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