Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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bill of pains and penalties.

A legislative act that, though similar to a bill of attainder, prescribes punishment less severe than capital punishment. o Bills of pains and penalties are included within the U.S. Constitution's ban of bills of attainder. U.S. Const. art I, ยง 9.