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BY CONFESSION Attainder by confession is either by pleading guilty at the bar before the judges, and not putting one's self on one's trial by a jury; or before the coroner in sanctuary, when in ancient times, the offender was obliged to abjure the realm. BY VERDICT Attainder by verdict is when the prisoner at the bar pleads not guilty to the indictment, and is pronounced guilty by the verdict of the jury. BY PROCESS Attainder by process or Outlawry is when the party flees, and is subsequently outlawed. PASSAGE IN PARLIAMENT A Bill Of Attainder is a bill brought into Parliament for attainting persons condemned for High Treason . Notably, a person thus attainted need not have been convicted of treason in court of law; attainder has therefore historically been used for political purposes, where the guilt of a person would be difficult to prove or even fictitious. The United States Constitution , Articel I, section IX, 3, provides that no bill of attainder or Ex Post Facto Law shall be passed; bills of attainder were abolished in the United Kingdom in 1870 . CORRUPTION OF BLOOD Corruption of Blood also relates to one of the consquences of being Impeached in early English law. If one was impeached from office, the person's family and decendants could have their titles and/or property taken away from them. EXAMPLES OF CASES WHERE A PERSON'S PROPERTY WAS SUBJECT TO ATTAINDER
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