What are 2 definitions of the Bill of Rights in the reading? James madison

a document containing a formal statement of rights a patients' bill of rights specifically : a summary of fundamental rights and privileges guaranteed to a people against violation by the state —used especially of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Explanation:

“A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against any government on earth, general or particular, and what no government should refuse, or rest on inference,” Jefferson wrote to Madison in a letter from December 20, 1787.

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