bill of rights
noun phrase
variants
or Bill of Rights
: a document containing a formal statement of rights
a patients' bill of rights
specifically
: a summary of fundamental rights and privileges guaranteed to a people against violation by the state
—used especially of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
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The inside story of the Patriots’ fall to rock bottom in the Bill Belichick era
CT Board of Education adopts ‘bill of rights’ for non-English speakers.
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Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
My biggest question to state courts is why establish a bill of rights, which is the Bail Reform Act of 1984, and carelessly violate due process?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
As a result, 75 years later, Israel not only lacks a formal constitution but also has few checks and balances on its government: there is no bill of rights, no presidential veto, no second chamber of Parliament, no federal distribution of power.
—Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
The bill of rights is part of a bill introduced by Hernandez, D-Phoenix.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
As a measure of that, the group successfully lobbied Kansas City to pass a tenants bill of rights and an ordinance that prohibits landlords from refusing to accept federal housing vouchers from renters.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
Prior to that case, McAllister said, the court had largely treated Kansas’ bill of rights as the equivalent of federal rights.
—Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
But Osborn, board chair of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, which put forward its own Bill of Rights nearly a decade ago, is suspicious of the groups involved in the new bill of rights and the framing of their approach.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
Hernandez is a group member and spoke about how the members' experiences came to inspire the bill of rights.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
My biggest question to state courts is why establish a bill of rights, which is the Bail Reform Act of 1984, and carelessly violate due process?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
As a result, 75 years later, Israel not only lacks a formal constitution but also has few checks and balances on its government: there is no bill of rights, no presidential veto, no second chamber of Parliament, no federal distribution of power.
—Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
The bill of rights is part of a bill introduced by Hernandez, D-Phoenix.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
As a measure of that, the group successfully lobbied Kansas City to pass a tenants bill of rights and an ordinance that prohibits landlords from refusing to accept federal housing vouchers from renters.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
Prior to that case, McAllister said, the court had largely treated Kansas’ bill of rights as the equivalent of federal rights.
—Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
But Osborn, board chair of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, which put forward its own Bill of Rights nearly a decade ago, is suspicious of the groups involved in the new bill of rights and the framing of their approach.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
Hernandez is a group member and spoke about how the members' experiences came to inspire the bill of rights.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
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