Bill of Rights
See also: bill of rights
English
Proper noun
- (US, law) The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee certain personal rights and freedoms.
- 1971, Johnson, Lyndon, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104:
- 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.
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Related terms
- constitutional right
- enumerated right
- legal right
- right
- unenumerated right
Translations
ten amendments
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