Meaning ACT OF ATTAINDER
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ACT OF ATTAINDER


A Parliamentary Act condemning persons convicted of high treason to loss of property and goods. Rules of evidence are relaxed in an Act of Attainder and often only a general presumption of guilt is re [..]
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