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civil_rights
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[ noun ] (law) right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
Synonyms Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Northern liberals are the chief supporters of civil_rights and of integration . Related terms human_right civil_liberty freedom_to_bear_arms freedom_of_religion freedom_of_the_press right_to_an_attorney freedom_from_cruel_and_unusual_punishment freedom_from_search_and_seizure freedom_of_speech freedom_from_self-incrimination freedom_from_double_jeopardy right_to_speedy_and_public_trial_by_jury right_to_confront_accusors freedom_of_assembly habeas_corpus freedom_from_involuntary_servitude equal_protection_of_the_laws freedom_from_discrimination equal_opportunity right_to_due_process law |
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