a direct condemnation by the legislature without any judicial action
a (judicial or) legislative act which inflicts the consequences of attainder upon a person without a judicial trial
a law declaring someone guilty of an offense without a trial
a law, or legal device used to outlaw people, suspend their civil rights, confiscate their property, or put them to death, or punish them without a trial
a law which imposes non-judicial punishment on a specifically identified individual without affording him or her a judicial trial
a legislative act that applies to named individuals or easily ascertained members of a group in such a way as to inflict punishment on them without judicial trial
a legislative act that declares a person guilty of a crime, without trial, and subjects him to a loss of civil rights
a legislative act that inflicts punishment upon named individuals, or upon easily ascertainable members of a group, without a judicial trial
a legislative act that inflicts punishment without the defendant being already having had a trial in a court before a judge
a legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without a trial
a legislative act which inflicts punishmaents without a judicial trial
a legislative act which inflicts punishment without a judicial trial
a legislative determination of guilt which metes out punishment to named individuals
a legislative fiat that inflicts punishment without trial (People vs
a punishment, in this case a fine, passed on one individual
a special order for someone's execution without trial, such as in immediate firing squad for acts of treason or espionage
A legislative enactment that punishes a person in place of a trial. Banned by the U.S. Constitution.
A bill passed by a legislature imposing a penalty or inflicting a detriment on a particular individual or group of individuals. Forbidden by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution. See " Other Rights."
A law, forbidden by the U.S. Constitution, that makes conduct illegal for one person (or class of persons) but not for the population in general.
legislative act declaring that a person is guilty of a crime and setting punishment without the benefit of a formal trial. The Constitution forbids the federal government (Article I, Section 9, clause 3) and the state governments (Article I, Section 10, clause 1) from passing bills of attainder.
A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of attainder) is an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime, and punishing them, without benefit of a trial. The United States Constitution forbids both the federal and state governments from enacting bills of attainder, in Article 1, Sections 9 and 10, respectively. It was considered an excess or abuse of the British monarchy and Parliament.