Bill-of-rights definition

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The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, added in 1791 to protect certain rights of citizens.
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(proper) The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the U.S., which guarantee certain rights to the people, as freedom of speech, assembly, and worship.
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(proper) An act of the British Parliament passed in 1689, to confirm certain rights of the people and of Parliament.
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The Bill of Rights is defined as the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

An example of the Bill of Rights are the 1st through 10th amendments of the US Constitution.

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The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
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A formal summary of those rights and liberties considered essential to a people or group of people.

A consumer bill of rights.

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A declaration of certain rights of subjects, enacted by the English Parliament in 1689.
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Any list of basic rights, guarantees, etc. regarded as essential to a particular group of people.

A bill of rights for consumers.

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A section or addendum, usually in a constitution of a country, state, or other similar political entity, specifying the civil and political rights of the entity’s citizens or residents and the limits on the entity’s government to infringe on or interfere with those rights.
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Any formal list of rights given to a group of individuals by statutes or by adoption by an organization or institution. For example, a law concerning the provision of services for the elderly may include a senior citizens’ bill of rights.
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A formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people.
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Plural:
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Bill-of-rights Sentence Examples

  • When he first read that instrument he was very much opposed to the consolidated government which it provided, but was induced to befriend it by resolutions which were passed at a mass meeting of Boston mechanics or "tradesmen" - his own firmest supporters - and by the suggestion that its ratification should be accompanied by a recommendation of amendments designed chiefly to supply the omission of a bill of rights.

  • Even in the Bill of Rights the phrase "Protestant religion" occurs, but not "Protestant Church," and it was reserved for the Liberal government, in the original draft (afterwards changed) of the Accession Declaration Bill introduced in 1910, to suggest "Protestant Reformed Church of England" as a new title for the Established Church.

  • His only essential objection to the constitution - the absence of a bill of rights - was soon met, at least partially, by amendments.

  • The absence of a Bill of Rights from the constitution as first adopted had been the point on which the opposition had made common cause, and the adoption of this now greatly weakened the same opposition.

  • On the 24th of July 1689, however, the birth of a son, William, created duke of Gloucester, who survived his infancy, gave hopes that heirs to the throne under the Bill of Rights might be forthcoming.

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