abridge rights

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• Abridge — A*bridge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abridged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abridging}.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abr[ e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See {Brief} and cf. {Abbreviate}.] 1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• abridge — [ə brij′] vt. abridged, abridging [ME abregen < OFr abregier < LL abbreviare, ABBREVIATE] 1. to reduce in scope, extent, etc.; shorten 2. to shorten (a piece of writing) while preserving its substance; condense 3. to lessen or curtail… …   English World dictionary

• Rights, 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… …   Universalium

• Incorporation of the Bill of Rights — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I · …   Wikipedia

• Incorporation (Bill of Rights) — Incorporation (of the Bill of Rights) is the American legal doctrine by which portions of the Bill of Rights are applied to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, although some have suggested that the Privileges or …   Wikipedia

• Voting Rights Act — of 1965 Full title An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United S …   Wikipedia

• Human rights in the United States — In 1776, Thomas Jefferson proposed a philosophy of human rights inherent to all people in the Declaration of Independence, asserting that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that… …   Wikipedia

• Canadian Bill of Rights — Infobox document document name = Canadian Bill of Rights image width = 200px image caption = John Diefenbaker holds the Bill of Rights date created = 1960 date ratified = 1960 location of document = writer = signatories = purpose = A Bill of… …   Wikipedia

• Native American civil rights — are the civil rights of Native Americans in the United States. Although indigenous to the Americas, American Indians became one of many minorities and the movement for American Indian civil rights began almost as soon as Europeans started to… …   Wikipedia

• American Indian civil rights — The struggle for American Indian civil rights began almost as soon as Europeans started to arrive in the Western Hemisphere. There are numerous issues surrounding the civil rights granted to Native Americans; to include voting, rights to public… …   Wikipedia

• Voting Rights Act — n. A federal law passed in 1965 that guarantees all citizens the right to vote without discrimination by forbidding districts to require people to meet conditions such as literacy tests or educational requirements. The Essential Law Dictionary.… …   Law dictionary