Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bill_of_attainder

1 sense of bill of attainder

Sense 1
bill of attainder -- (a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial; "bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States")
       => bill, measure -- (a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill")