English Dictionary

bill of attainder

名詞

(law) A legislative determination imposing punishment without trial.

日本語の意味

審理を経ずに議会が下す、有罪判決または処罰の決定（法的制裁を課す立法措置）

The Supreme Court struck down the bill of attainder because it violated the Constitution's prohibition on legislative punishment without trial.

最高裁は、裁判を経ずに罰を科す立法上の決定が、立法による罰を禁じる憲法規定に違反するとして、それを無効とした。

意味（1）

(law) A legislative determination imposing punishment without trial.

They resolved to copy a Tudor precedent and to proceed against him by bill of attainder. Doubts of law and defects of evidence would thus be cured

bills of attainder （ plural ）