bill of pains and penalties การใช้

• When the Commons voted on the bill of pains and penalties against Atterbury, nearly ninety per cent of Tory MPs voted against it.
• Parliament could also impose non-capital punishments without involving courts; such bills are called "'bills of pains and penalties " '.
• Those types of private bills operate to take away private property and rights from certain individuals, but are usually not called " bill of pains and penalties ".
• When Caroline was being prosecuted for divorce Erskine spoke 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 it has been for good or evil, has been passed under the sacred rule of Law.