"bill of attainder" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1920, Francis Charles Montague, The History of England, from the Accession of James I to the Restoration, page 1663:",
          "text": "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",
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          "ref": "1998, Daniel E. Troy, Retroactive Legislation, page 56:",
          "text": "Coupled with the Constitution's proscription of ex post facto laws is a similar prohibition against bills of attainder.",
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          "ref": "2009 March 21, Jim McTague, “Would a Tax on Bonuses Be Constitutional?”, in Barron's:",
          "text": "That the tax would take effect after some of the payments were made also raises issues. Says former Attorney General Richard Thornburg, also in an e-mail: \"Such legislation could well run afoul of constitutional restrictions on bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, laws impairing the obligations of contract, unauthorized takings of property and the like.",
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        "A legislative determination imposing punishment without trial."
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        "(law) A legislative determination imposing punishment without trial."
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          "word": "ex post facto"
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          "ref": "1920, Francis Charles Montague, The History of England, from the Accession of James I to the Restoration, page 1663:",
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          "text": "That the tax would take effect after some of the payments were made also raises issues. Says former Attorney General Richard Thornburg, also in an e-mail: \"Such legislation could well run afoul of constitutional restrictions on bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, laws impairing the obligations of contract, unauthorized takings of property and the like.",
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