bill of pains and penalties

bill of pains and penalties. A legislative act that, though similar to a bill of attainder, prescribes punishment less severe than capital punishment. • Bills of pains and penalties are included within the U.S. Constitution’s ban on bills of attainder. U.S. Const. art I, §

9. [Cases: Constitutional Law 82.

5. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 429–431.]


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