- a formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States, such as freedom of religion, speech, and the press, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendments 1–10, and in all state constitutions.
- a statement of the fundamental rights of the people of any nation.
- a statement of the rights belonging to or sought by any group: Our student bill of rights would include the right to dress as we please.
- an English statute of 1689 confirming, with minor changes, the Declaration of Rights , which declared the rights and liberties of the subjects and settled the succession of William III and Mary II.
- an English statute of 1689 guaranteeing the rights and liberty of the individual subject
- the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, added in 1791, which guarantee the liberty of the individual
- (in Canada) a statement of basic human rights and freedoms enacted by Parliament in 1960
- any charter or summary of basic human rights
