Sentence example with the word 'attainder'

attainder

Definition n. cancellation of civil rights

Last update: July 27, 2015


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A bill of attainder, passed by the Lords, was rejected at Cromwell's instigation and probably with Henry's goodwill by the Commons.   [Please select]

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No mortgage, no attainder, will hold on men or hours.   [Please select]

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No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.   [Please select]

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A bill of attainder was hastily passed by the Parliament he had ruled.   [Please select]

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No Bill of Attainder or expost facto Law shall be passed.   [Please select]

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James II lands in Ireland (1689); Act of Attainder; Siege of Londonderry.   [Please select]

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[1] Attainder (S351): This act contained between two and three thousand names.   [Please select]

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No bill of attainder or _ex post facto_ law shall be passed.   [Please select]

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He first introduced the practice of condemning an accused prisoner without any form of trial (by Act of Attainder), and sending him to the block[1] without allowing him to speak in his own defense (S356).   [Please select]

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What is more, he cut it off by virtue of that very Act of Attainder which Cromwell had used so unscrupulously in Henry's behalf (S351).   [Please select]

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