English Explanatory Dictionary

bill of rights

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people.
name
  1. The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee certain personal rights and freedoms.
  2. An Act of Parliament enacted in 1689 that guarantees certain human rights and regulates the succession to the British Crown.
  3. a legislation or part of the constitution that guarantee human rights, and sometimes relief by courts when they are infringed.

Word forms

bill of rights bills of rights

Related words

constitutional right enumerated right legal right right unenumerated right

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 美國權利法案 /美国权利法案 Chinese Mandarin: 權利法案 /权利法案 Dutch: Bill of Rights Finnish: Bill of Rights
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