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bill of rights

bill of rights noun: a formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people.

Noun

bill of rights (plural bills of rights)

  1. A formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people.

Proper noun capitalized: Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights

  1. (US) The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee certain personal rights and freedoms.
    • 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...1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104
  2. (UK) An Act of Parliament enacted in 1689 that guarantees certain human rights and regulates the succession to the British Crown.
  3. (Commonwealth, Hong-Kong) a legislation or part of the constitution that guarantee human rights, and sometimes relief by courts when they are infringed.

bill of rights meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

bill of rights in Tamil

உரிமைகளின் சட்டவரைவு

bill of rights in Tagalog

formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people
katipunan ng mga karapatan

Forms of bill of rights

pluralbills of rights

Questions about bill of rights

What does bill of rights mean?
Bill of rights means a formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people.
What is bill of rights in Tamil?
Bill of rights in Tamil is உரிமைகளின் சட்டவரைவு. See Bill of rights meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bill of rights?
Bill of rights can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bill of rights?
The plural of bill of rights is bills of rights.

Words near bill of rights in the dictionary

  1. bill of materials
  2. bill of mortality
  3. bill of parcels
  4. bill of particulars
  5. bill of quantities
  6. bill of rights
  7. bill of sale
  8. bill of sight
  9. bill of store
  10. bill of victualling
  11. bill sticker

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