civil liberty

nouns

one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country
fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference
is derived from
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
is a type of (narrower)
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