Attainder
(n.) The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted |
Attainder
(n.) A stain or staining |
Attaint
(v. t.) To attain |
Attaint
(v. t.) To find guilty |
Attaint
(v. t.) To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony |
Attaint
(v. t.) To accuse |
Attaint
(v. t.) To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion |
Attaint
(v. t.) To stain |
Attaint
(p. p.) Attainted |
Attaint
(v.) A touch or hit. |
Attaint
(v.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. |
Attaint
(v.) A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record |
Attaint
(v.) A stain or taint |
Attaint
(v.) An infecting influence. |
Bank bill
() In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency |
Bank bill
() In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency. |
Bill
(n.) A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal. |
Bill
(v. i.) To strike |
Bill
(v. i.) To join bills, as doves |
Bill
(n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern |
Bill
(n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle |
Bill
(n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff. |
Bill
(n.) One who wields a bill |
Bill
(n.) A pickax, or mattock. |
Bill
(n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor |
Bill
(v. t.) To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill. |
Bill
(n.) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. |
Bill
(n.) A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. |
Bill
(n.) A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment |
Bill
(n.) A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods |
Bill
(n.) An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge |
Bill
(n.) Any paper, containing a statement of particulars |
Bill
(v. t.) To advertise by a bill or public notice. |
Bill
(v. t.) To charge or enter in a bill |
Bill book
() A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives. |
Bill broker
() One who negotiates the discount of bills. |
Bill holder
() A person who holds a bill or acceptance. |
Bill holder
() A device by means of which bills, etc., are held. |
Brown bill
() A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill. |
Crane's-bill
(n.) The geranium |
Crane's-bill
(n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps. |
Duck's-bill
(a.) Having the form of a duck's bill. |
Hedging bill
() A hedge bill. See under Hedge. |
Ivory-bill
(n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States. |
Parrot's-bill
(n.) The glory pea. See under Glory. |
Speckled-bill
(n.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons). |
Writ
(obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth. |
Writ
() imp. & p. p. of Write. |
Writ
(n.) That which is written |
Writ
(n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed |
attainder
civil death | cancellation of civil rights |
twin bill
doubleheader
double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
Wild West Show
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
| bill | the entertainment offered at a public presentation |
| bill of review | a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it |
beak
bill
neb nib
pecker | horny projecting mouth of a bird |
bill
peak
eyeshade
visor
vizor | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes, he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead |
| bill billhook | a long-handled saw with a curved blade, he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree |
Bible
Christian Bible
Book Good Book
Holy Scripture
Holy Writ
Scripture
Word of God
Word | the sacred writings of the Christian religions, he went to carry the Word to the heathen |
| bill of health | a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival) |
| bill | a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) |
| bill of entry | a list of goods received at a customhouse for export or import |
| bill of goods | a consignment of merchandise |
menu
bill of fare
card carte du jour
carte | a list of dishes available at a restaurant, the menu was in French |
| bill account invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered, he paid his bill and left, send me an account of what I owe |
| electric bill | a bill for money owed for electricity used |
| hotel bill | statement of charges for staying in a hotel |
medical bill
doctor's bill | statement of charges for medical services |
phone bill
telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service |
| tax bill | money owed for taxes |
bill of lading
waybill | a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery |
credit order
bill-me order | an order that is received without payment, requires billing at a later date |
| bill measure | a statute in draft before it becomes law, they held a public hearing on the bill |
| appropriation bill | a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose |
| bill of attainder | a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial, bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States |
| bottle bill | a statute that would require merchants to reclaim used bottles |
| farm bill | a statute that would regulate farm production and prices |
| trade bill | a statute that would regulate foreign trade |
| bill of sale | a deed transferring personal property |
writ
judicial writ | (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer |
certiorari
writ of certiorari | a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case |
execution
writ of execution | a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out |
habeas corpus
writ of habeas corpus | a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge |
mandamus
writ of mandamus | an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion, used only when all other judicial remedies fail |
| writ of detinue | a writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained |
| writ of election | a writ ordering the holding of an election |
| writ of error | a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial |
| writ of prohibition | a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case |
| writ of right | a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner |
| bill of Particulars | the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial, advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet |
| bill of goods | communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable, they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car |
| Bill of Rights | a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) |
poster
posting
placard
notice
bill
card | a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement, a poster advertised the coming attractions |
show bill
show card
theatrical poster | a poster advertising a show or play |
| clean bill of health | an assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition, the doctor gave him a clean bill of health |
indictment
bill of indictment | a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense |
| true bill | an indictment endorsed by a grand jury |
circular
handbill
bill broadside
broadsheet
flier
flyer
throwaway | an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution, he mailed the circular to all subscribers |
bill poster
poster
bill sticker | someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards |
Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton
President Clinton | nd President of the United States (-) |