- A
bill of attainder (also
known as an act
of attainder, writ
of attainder, or
bill of penalties) is an act
of a
legislature declaring a person, or a group...
- The
Pains and Penalties Bill 1820 was a
bill introduced to the
British Parliament in 1820, at the
request of King
George IV,
which aimed to
dissolve his...
- collapsed. When the
Commons voted on the
bill of pains and penalties against Atterbury,
nearly ninety per cent
of Tory MPs
voted against it.
Although the...
-
bill of pains and penalties. In
addition to the
power of impeachment, the
House of Commons claims the
right to
discipline offenders, both
members and...
-
urging of George, the
government introduced a
bill of pains and penalties into the
House of Lords, "to
deprive Her
Majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of the...
-
decision of the
Court of Claims,
finding that Kerr's
provision was an
unconstitutional "
bill of pains and penalties" (forbidden
under the
Bill of Attainder...
- The Queen's
Matrimonial Ladder,
published in August,
about the
Bill of Pains and Penalties against Queen Caroline;
illustrated by
George Cruikshank Leigh...
-
against the
Bill of Pains and Penalties and, when the
government dropped the
bill,
expressed his approval: "My Lords, I am an old man,
and my life, whether...
- p****ed
through the
House of Commons the
bill of pains and penalties against Francis Atterbury. He was excused, on the
ground of his
personal friendship...
- 2008. Wallace, James; Erickson, Jim (1992). "Growing
Pains". Hard Drive:
Bill Gates and the
Making of the
Microsoft Empire. John
Wiley & Sons. p. 277-278...