Plural of attainder; multiple instances of legal judgments stripping people of civil rights and property.
The plural form of 'attainder,' following regular English pluralization by adding '-s.' Used in historical and legal contexts to refer to multiple cases of this severe punishment.
Bills of attainder were so powerful that they could erase a person from legal existence—which made them a tool of political revenge, so the Founding Fathers banned them because they'd seen too many examples of rulers using them against their enemies.
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