RIGHTS, DECLARATION OF

RIGHTS, DECLARATION OF
   a declaration of the fundamental principles of the constitution drawn up by the Parliament of England and submitted to William and Mary on their being called to the throne, and afterwards enacted in Parliament when they became king and queen. It secures to the people their rights as free-born citizens and to the Commons as their representatives, while it binds the sovereign to respect these rights as sacred.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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