attainder /a'teinda (r); s'tend-'/ n (legal) forfeiture of property and civil rights following sentence of death or outlawry. (法律) (宣判死刑或放逐后所致之) 沒收財(cái)產(chǎn)及褫奪公權(quán)。 Bill of A~, Parliamentary Bill imposing this penalty without trial. 褫奪公權(quán)之議案 (強(qiáng)制此種刑罰而不經(jīng)受審之國會(huì)議案) 。