Both Uses of
Bill of Rights
in
Nineteen Minutes
- He wasn't the kind of dad who showed her how to ride a bike or to skip stones-instead, he taught her the Latin words for things like faucet and octopus and porcupine; he explained to her the Bill of Rights.
Chpt 1 *Bill of Rights = a statement of fundamental rights and privileges listed in the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
- When her sister called up indignant and spouting about the Bill of Rights, had Diana thought that her nephew was going to grow up to become a psychopath?
Chpt 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(Bill of Rights as in: of the US Constitution) a statement of fundamental rights and privileges listed in the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
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(2)
(bill of rights as in: of any constitution) rights guaranteed in any document such as the 1689 English Bill of Rights