Synonyms for civil right

Grammar : Noun

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Origin : 1721, American English; specifically of black U.S. citizens from 1866.

noun civil liberties

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The civil right is that which is derived from the civil power.
Extract from : « The Rights of War and Peace » by Hugo Grotius

We have no moral nor civil right to make any demands, or ask any favours.
Extract from : « The Man from Jericho » by Edwin Carlile Litsey

This principle is the foundation and essence of law and of civil right.
Extract from : « The Unconstitutionality of Slavery » by Lysander Spooner

Hence it differs from a civil right, which is derived from society or the State, and is intended for a social or civil purpose.
Extract from : « Distributive Justice » by John A. (John Augustine) Ryan

In eligibility to office, in suffrage, and in every other civil right, men are all on terms of perfect equality.
Extract from : « Pamphlets On The Constitution Of The United States » by Various

John's right to his pencil, being guarantied to him by the laws of civil society, is a civil right.
Extract from : « The Government Class Book » by Andrew W. Young

Avowedly he was ready to lay the time-honored principles of civil right and the ancient law at the feet of the Slave Power.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 » by Various

For, what one civil right is worth a rush after a man's property is subject to be taken from him at pleasure without his consent?
Extract from : « An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony » by Anonymous

Also, "This (the county court) was the great constitutional judicature in all questions of civil right."
Extract from : « An Essay on the Trial by Jury » by Lysander Spooner

Now this is either a civil right, or a right more or less extensive than the civil right.
Extract from : « The Rights of War and Peace » by Hugo Grotius

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