civil_right (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *civil right*:
NOUN	attribute	civil right	right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially 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

English > *civil right*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	Right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially 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.
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Narrower	civil liberty	fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference
	equal opportunity	The right to equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race or color or sex or national origin
	equal protection of the laws	A right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment
	freedom from cruel and unusual punishment	A right guaranteed by the 8th amendment to the US Constitution
	freedom from discrimination	Immunity from discrimination on the basis of race or sex / sex or nationality / nationality or religion or age
	freedom from double jeopardy	A civil right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution
	freedom from involuntary servitude	A civil right guaranteed by the 13th amendment to the US Constitution
	freedom from search and seizure	A right guaranteed by the 4th amendment to the US Constitution
	freedom from self-incrimination, privilege against self incrimination	The civil right (guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself
	freedom of assembly	The right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances
	freedom of religion	A civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
	freedom of speech	A civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
	freedom of the press	A right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
	freedom to bear arms	A right guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution
	habeas corpus	The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
	right to an attorney	A civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution
	right to confront accusors	A right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution
	right to due process	A right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution
	right to speedy and public trial by jury	A civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution
Broader	human right	(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights ... / rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
Spanish	derechos civiles
Catalan	drets civils

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