| This month, Judge Gershon ruled that cutting the group's financing was an illegal bill of attainder. |
| The impeachment was the first since 1459 without the king's official sanction in the form of a bill of attainder. |
| A bill of attainder is the ultimate violation of both due process and separation of powers. |
| After the reign of Edward IV, impeachment fell into disuse, the bill of attainder becoming the preferred form of dealing with undesirable subjects of the Crown. |
| A bill of attainder is a declaration of the legislature that finds an individual or group guilty of a crime and punishes them without a trial. |
| The House of Lords approved the bill of attainder, and it was sent to the king. |
