civil right

civil right
civil right n: civil liberty; esp: any of the civil liberties guaranteed by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution and by the Civil Rights Acts
— usu. used in pl. see also civil rights act of 1964 in the important laws section

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

civil right
n.
1 Any governmentally recognized or constitutionally or legally protected economic, personal, or political liberty or right of an individual.
2 In the United States, any of the liberties and rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Nineteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and legislation designed to protect or encourage the exercise of those rights.
3 Freedom from discrimination, especially that based on race.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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