bill of rights
111GI Bill of Rights — (also the GI Bill) a US law passed in 1944 to give financial help to members of the armed forces when they returned from World War II. This included money given to help pay for homes and education. By 1947, about 4 million people had benefited… …
112GI Bill (of Rights) — or Servicemen s Readjustment Act (1944) U.S. legislation that provided benefits to World War II veterans. Through the Veterans Administration (VA), the bill provided grants for school and college tuition, low interest mortgage and small business… …
113bill — As a legal term, this word has many meanings and applications, the most important of which are set forth below: Bill of Rights. A formal and emphatic legislative assertion and declaration of popular rights and liberties usually promulgated upon a …
114bill — As a legal term, this word has many meanings and applications, the most important of which are set forth below: Bill of Rights. A formal and emphatic legislative assertion and declaration of popular rights and liberties usually promulgated upon a …
115Rights, Bill of — ▪ British history formally An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown (1689) one of the basic instruments of the British constitution, the result of the long 17th century struggle… …
116Bill of attainder — A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of attainder) is an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial. The United States Constitution forbids both the… …
117Bill Morrow (California politician) — William Phillip Morrow (born April 19, 1954) is a U.S. Republican politician from the state of California, who used to be in the California State Senate representing the 38th district which includes northern San Diego County and the cities of San …
118Rights of Englishmen — The Rights of Englishmen is a term that refers to the rights granted English subjects in the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and other foundational documents which Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies felt were violated, and subsequently… …
119bill — (voz inglesa) ► masculino POLÍTICA Proyecto de ley sometido al parlamento. * * * (as used in expressions) Bill of Rights (Declaración de derechos) Bill, Max Blass, Bill Bradley, Bill Brandt, Bill Clinton, Bill …
120bill — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a printed or written statement of charges for goods supplied or services rendered. b the amount owed (ran up a bill of pound300). 2 a draft of a proposed law. 3 a a poster; a placard. b = HANDBILL. 4 a a printed list, esp. a… …
