guarded rights

Noun

 * 1) Those rights laid down by a constitution as being guaranteed to all individuals in the society; human rights.
 * At the time, persons thought that if the fledgling government designed an exclusive list of guarded rights, then whatever rights were not on the list would be compromised by the authorities.
 * 1) * 1952, L. Ron Hubbard, Journal of Scientology Issue 4-G, Hubbard Association of Scientologists Inc., page 1
 * The Loophole In Guarded Rights