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Noun civil right has 1 sense
  1. civil right, civil rights - 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
    --1 is a kind of human right
    --1 has particulars:
     civil liberty; habeas corpus; freedom of religion; freedom of speech; freedom of the press; freedom of assembly; freedom to bear arms; freedom from search and seizure; right to due process; freedom from self-incrimination, privilege against self incrimination; freedom from double jeopardy; right to speedy and public trial by jury; right to an attorney; right to confront accusors; freedom from cruel and unusual punishment; freedom from involuntary servitude; equal protection of the laws; freedom from discrimination; equal opportunity
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