Charter of Rights

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noun Canadian.

a section of the Canadian Constitution containing a statement of the basic rights of citizens of Canada.

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Rashad was there to celebrate the release of the Civil Rights drama Selma.
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True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.
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Would the Democrats rescind those rights if they were to return to power?
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A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”
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In October, he traveled to Denver with Fry to support his work with LGBT rights organization The Matthew Sheppard Foundation.
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For example, there is a vast discussion afoot upon the questions that centre upon Property, its rights and its limitations.
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And we will also settle and assure the particular rights and interests of every planter and adventurer.
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But sharper and closer anxieties than any connected with rights to lands and homes were pressing upon Alessandro and Ramona.
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You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
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But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.
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