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Talk:Essay:Surprising Dates of Origin for Terms (view source)
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Actually, Hamilton used this term in ''Federalist'' no. 84 (1788): "The most considerable of the remaining objections is that the plan of the convention contains no bill of rights." And this sentence implies that the term was already in use in debate about the Constitution. [[User:ChrisFV|ChrisFV]] 14:34, 4 November 2009 (EST)
Actually, Hamilton used this term in ''Federalist'' no. 84 (1788): "The most considerable of the remaining objections is that the plan of the convention contains no bill of rights." And this sentence implies that the term was already in use in debate about the Constitution. [[User:ChrisFV|ChrisFV]] 14:34, 4 November 2009 (EST)
:"Bill of rights" is also used as a name for the act of the English Parliament of 1689 "Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown; though I haven't been able to determine at what point in time it began to be referred to by this term. (It did not ''officially'' have this title until the Short Titles Act of 1896.) [[User:ChrisFV|ChrisFV]] 14:45, 4 November 2009 (EST)