Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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civil right | Yes | No | No | No |
right to an attorney | Yes | No | No | No |
civil right (noun) | right to an attorney (noun) |
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right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality | a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution, requiring that the government appoint a lawyer for the defendant and/or pay the defendant's legal fees in case he cannot afford a lawyer |