'civil rights' definitions:
Definition of 'civil rights'
From: GCIDE
- civil right \civil right\, civil rights \civil rights\ a legal 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. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'civil rights'
From: GCIDE
- Frank-law \Frank"-law`\, n. [Frank free + law.] (Eng. Law) The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; -- an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American expression civil rights. --Abbot. [1913 Webster]