attainder

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(Traditionally the bill of attainder was applied to protect against criminal punishment, though it has been applied to protect employment opportunities.)

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  1. noun In the ancient common law, the state of an offender who had been sentenced for a capital offense.
  2. noun Obsolete Dishonor.

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  • (Traditionally the bill of attainder was applied to protect against criminal punishment, though it has been applied to protect employment opportunities.) —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Such an act in the view of those individuals was perceived as a punitive response by government and hence constituted a bill of attainder, a move thereby deemed to be unconstitutional. —  Political Cortex
  • The bill is unconstituional by two counts-Congress shall pass no bill of attainder, and congress shall pass no ex post facto laws. —  First Read
  • Akston: From your quote by Justice Rehnquist: A bill of attainder was a legislative act that singled out one or more ... —  The Liberty Papers
  • A bill of attainder was a legislative act that singled out one or more persons and imposed punishment on them, without benefit of trial. —  The Liberty Papers
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  1. Middle English atteindre, act of attainting, from Old French ataindre, to convict, affect, attainder; see attain.

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  1. from late Middle English attayndere, from Old French ataindre, ateindre, attain, touch upon, affect, accuse, attack, attaint, convict; the infinitive used as a noun. The idea of taint, stain, or corruption has been erroneously connected with this word: see attaint.
 

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