Definitions for bill of rights
bill of rights

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1. Bill of Rightsnoun

   a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)

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1. bill of rightsnoun

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

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1. bill of rights

   A bill of rights is a formal declaration or document that lists and protects the fundamental rights, civil liberties, and freedoms of individuals, typically maintained and guaranteed by a country's constitution. This document acts as a safeguard against potential abuses of power by the government or other entities, displaying the inherent and inalienable rights of the citizens, which can often include freedom of speech, religion, equal protection under the law, and the right to a fair trial.

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1. Bill of rights

   A bill of rights is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country. The purpose of these bills is to protect those rights against infringement. The term "bill of rights" originates from England, where it refers to the Bill of Rights enacted by Parliament in 1689, following the Glorious Revolution, asserting the supremacy of Parliament over the monarch, and listing a number of fundamental rights and liberties. Bills of rights may be entrenched or unentrenched. An entrenched bill of rights cannot be modified or repealed by a country's legislature through normal procedure, instead requiring a supermajority or referendum; often it is part of a country's constitution and therefore subject to special procedures applicable to constitutional amendments. A not entrenched bill of rights is a normal statute law and as such can be modified or repealed by the legislature at will. In practice, not every jurisdiction enforces the protection of the rights articulated in its bill of rights. Australia is the only Western democratic country with neither a constitutional nor legislative bill of rights, although there is ongoing debate in many of Australia's states. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has argued against a bill of rights for Australia as transferring power from elected politicians to unelected judges and bureaucrats. Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory are the only states and territories to have a human rights bill.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bill of rights in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bill of rights in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of bill of rights in a Sentence

1. Albert Gallatin:

   The whole of the Bill of Rights is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.

2. Matt Coles:

   Two hundred ten years ago, the people who drafted our Bill of Rights decided that banning books wasn't the way to handle disagreements. They thought the best thing was more speech. It is a pity that county commissioners in 2002 don't agree.

3. Lee Francis:

   That was not the goal, that was not the point of the lesson, for me, it was about the First Amendment, teaching about the Bill of Rights, the beginning of what we call America.

4. United States:

   This second sentence of the Amendment means that states have to respect the Bill of Rights as well as basic civil rights and the rights that come along with citizenship, the idea was that there were rights that were so basic ; so integral to citizenship that they could not be narrowed by the states.

5. Chris Rufo:

   Parents have a fundamental right to know what is being taught in the classroom, in a time when many public schools districts are adopting divisive and pseudoscientific ideologies such as critical race theory, parents must have open access to the curriculum, training programs, and enrichment activities. They deserve a Parent's Bill of Rights that protects their right to conscience and their children's right to a decent education that reflects their values. This is a necessary first step.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights
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4. ^ Wikidata
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