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Bill of Rights
[n] - a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the US Constitution) Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Bill%20of%20Rights
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Bill of Rights
In Britain, an act of Parliament of 1689 that established Parliament as the primary governing body of the country. It made provisions limiting royal prerogative (the right ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Bill of Rights
In the USA, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, incorporated in 1791: 1 guarantees freedom of worship, of speech, of the press, of assembly, and to petition the ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Bill of Rights
noun a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Bill%20of%20Rights
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Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights, 1689, in British history, one of the fundamental instruments of constitutional law. It registered in statutory form the outcome of the long 17th-century struggle between the Stuart kings and the English Parliament. Its principles were accepted by William III and Mary II in the Declar... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0807579.html
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Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights, in U.S. history: see Constitution of the United States. Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0910903.html
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Bill Of Rights
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that deal with matters such as freedom of speech, religion, due process, etc. They were included in the constitution as part of deal made so that the libertarian elements of the founding fathers, lead by Jefferson and others, would vote for ratificat... Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/b027.htm
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Bill Of Rights
(n) Bill of Rights are the constitutional amendments made to US constitution that deal and legitimate the issue connected to the human rights including issues such as freedom of religion, speech, press, right to peaceably assemble and petition the government etc. The right of the people to keep and ... Found op http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/bill-of-rights.htm
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Bill Of Rights
The Bill of Rights was a statute embodied in the declaration of Rights presented by both houses of the Convention to the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1689. After declaring the late King James II to have done various acts contrary to the laws of the realm, and to have abdicated the government, th... Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AB.HTM
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Bill of Rights
(USA) In the USA, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, incorporated in 1791: 1 guarantees freedom of worship, of speech, of the press, of assembly, and to petition the government; 2 grants the right to keep and bear arms; 3 prohibits billeting of soldiers in private hom... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019215.html
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Bill of Rights
(English) In Britain, an act of Parliament of 1689 that established Parliament as the primary governing body of the country. It made provisions limiting royal prerogative (the right to act independently of Parliament) with respect to legislation, executive power, money levies, courts, and the... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0037057.html
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Bill of Rights
a formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of a nation; such a statement incorporated in the U.S. Constitution as Amendments 1 Found op http://www.ircpolitics.org/glossary.html
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billofrights
1) The ten amendments are called the ... Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/billofrights/1
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