| has gloss | (noun) a right based in law
legal right |
| lexicalization | eng: legal right |
| subclass of | (noun) an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
right |
| has subclass | (noun) the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
tenure, land tenure |
| has subclass | (noun) the right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court
compulsory process |
| has subclass | (noun) the right of married persons to the enjoyment of association and sympathy and confidence and domestic happiness and the comfort of living together and eating meals at the same table and profiting from joint property right and the intimacies of domestic relations
conjugal right |
| has subclass | (noun) the legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourse
conjugal visitation, conjugal visitation right |
| has subclass | (noun) the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
preemption, pre-emption |
| has subclass | (noun) an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"
title, claim |
| has subclass | (noun) the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made
eminent domain |
| has subclass | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
franchise, enfranchisement |
| has subclass | (noun) the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention
patent right |
| has subclass | (noun) in probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute
right of election |
| has subclass | (noun) the legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner
right of entry |
| has subclass | (noun) the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)
right of re-entry |
| has subclass | (noun) (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default
right of offset |
| has subclass | (noun) a legal right (not explicitly provided in the United States Constitution) to be left alone; the right to live life free from unwarranted publicity
right of privacy |
| has subclass | (noun) the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body; "he was elected to a seat in the Senate"
seat |
| has subclass | (noun) (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat"
enjoyment, use |
| has subclass | (noun) a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way
usufruct |
| has subclass | (noun) the right granted by a court to a parent (or other relative) who is deprived of custody of a child to visit the child on a regular basis
visitation right |
| has subclass | (noun) a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
copyright, right of first publication |