Bill of rights

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee certain personal rights and freedoms. US

    "At the heart of it, I thought of the Great Society as an extension of the Bill of Rights. When our fundamental American rights were set forth by the Founding Fathers, they reflected the concerns of a people who sought freedom in their time. But in our time a broadened concept of freedom requires that every American have the right to a healthy body, a full education, a decent home, and the opportunity to develop to the best of his talents."

  2. 2
    An Act of Parliament enacted in 1689 that guarantees certain human rights and regulates the succession to the British Crown. UK
  3. 3
    a legislation or part of the constitution that guarantee human rights, and sometimes relief by courts when they are infringed. Commonwealth, Hong-Kong
Noun
  1. 1
    A formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people.
  2. 2
    a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) wordnet

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