Definition of Bill of rights

1. Noun. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution).


Definition of Bill of rights

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bill Of Rights

bill of costs
bill of credit
bill of entry
bill of exchange
bill of fare
bill of goods
bill of health
bill of indictment
bill of laden
bill of lading
bill of material
bill of materials
bill of particulars
bill of quantities
bill of review
bill of rights (current term)
bill of sale
bill of sight
bill of store
bill poster
bill sticker
billa vera
billability
billable
billables
billabong
billabongs
billard
billary

Literary usage of Bill of rights

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1898)
"THE DELAWARE bill of rights OF 1776 ALTHOUGH the Delaware constitution of 1776 expressly mentions a bill of rights, declaring that " no article of the ..."

2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"This resolution was afterwards expanded, renamed the Bill of Rights, ... The Bill of Rights therefore opens with a lengthy controversial statement as to the ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"This resolution was afterwards expanded, renamed the Bill of Rights, ... The Bill of Rights therefore opens with a lengthy controversial statement as to the ..."

4. American State Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation by William Addison Blakely, Willard Allen Colcord (1911)
"NO bill of rights Speaking of the United States Constitution, William E. Gladstone, the noted English statesman, said: " The American Constitution is the ..."

5. Natural Rights: A Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions by David George Ritchie (1903)
"The " Bill of Rights " of Virginia (June 12th, 1776) may be taken as typical: it has served as the model for many similar declarations, adopted after ..."

6. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"tion of Rights was, therefore, turned into a Bill of Rights; and the Bill of Rights speedily passed the Commons; but in the Lords difficulties arose. ..."

7. The United States of America: A Study in International Organization by James Brown Scott (1920)
"Such a bill of rights was necessary for the protection of the people of the States against the abusive power on the part of the general government making it ..."

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