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Definition of Bill of rights
1. Noun. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution).
Generic synonyms: Statement
Terms within: First Amendment, Fifth Amendment
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
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
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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