Bill of Rights

A bill of rights is a list or summary of rights that are considered important and essential by a group of people, generally leaders of the group create this bill. The purpose of these bills is to protect those rights against infringement of people. The term "bill of rights" originates from Britain, and it refers to the fact that the English Bill of Rights was literally a bill, which is a proposed law, that was passed by Parliament in 1689. Bills of rights require proper enforcement and support in order to be effective and actually protect the rights enumerated in them.
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Noun
1. a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
(hypernym) statement
(part-holonym) United States Constitution, Constitution of the United States
(part-meronym) First Amendment
(classification) law, jurisprudence
(classification) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.

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 ratification of the constitution.

English Law. A statute passed in the reign of William and Mary, so called, because it declared the true rights of British subjects. W.&M. stat.2, c.2.

Synonyms and related words:
Declaration of Right, Magna Carta, Magna Charta, Petition of Right, civil liberties, civil rights, constitution, constitutional amendment, constitutional guarantees, constitutional rights, human rights, legal rights, natural rights, right, rights, unalienable rights, unwritten constitution, written constitution
  

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