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Definition of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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/ðə kəˌneɪdiən ˌtʃɑːtər əv ˌraɪts ən ˈfriːdəmz/

/ðə kəˌneɪdiən ˌtʃɑːrtər əv ˌraɪts ən ˈfriːdəmz/

(also the Charter)

[singular] (Canadian English)

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an official document that is part of Canada's constitution (= its set of basic laws), and that guarantees basic political, legal and language rights, as well as the rights of AboriginalsTopics Law and justicec2

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