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access
the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
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advowson
the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
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cabotage
the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
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claim, title
an informal right to something
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due
that which is deserved or owed
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access, accession, admission, admittance, entree
the right to enter
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floor
the parliamentary right to address an assembly
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grant
a right or privilege that has been granted
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human right
(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
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legal right
a right based in law
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pre-emption, preemption
the right to purchase something in advance of others
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exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative, privilege
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
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privilege
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
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representation
the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body
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right of action
the legal right to sue
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right of search
the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them
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right of way
the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
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states' rights
the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
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voting right
the right to vote; especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company
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riparian right, water right
right of access to water
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compulsory process
the right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court
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conjugal right
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
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conjugal visitation, conjugal visitation right
the legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourse
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pre-emption, preemption
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
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easement
(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
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privilege of the floor
the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session
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attorney-client privilege
the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client
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informer's privilege
the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer
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journalist's privilege
the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
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husband-wife privilege, marital communications privilege
neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
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physician-patient privilege
the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
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priest-penitent privilege
the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges
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door
anything providing a means of access (or escape)
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claim, title
an established or recognized right
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right to privacy
right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion
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right to life
the right to live
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right to liberty
the right to be free
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right to the pursuit of happiness
the right to try to find happiness
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freedom of thought
the right to hold unpopular ideas
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equality before the law
the right to equal protection of the laws
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civil right
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
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eminent domain
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
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enfranchisement, franchise
a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
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patent right
the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention
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right of election
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
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right of entry
the legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner
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right of re-entry
the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)
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right of offset
(banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default
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right of privacy
a legal right (not explicitly provided in the United States Constitution) to be left alone; the right to live life free from unwarranted publicity
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seat
the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
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enjoyment, use
(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
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usufruct
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
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visitation right
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
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copyright, right of first publication
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
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preemptive right
the right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock; provides protection against dilution of the shareholder's ownership interest
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subscription right
the right of a shareholder in a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public
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land tenure, tenure
the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
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standing
a position from which one has the right to enforce a legal claim or seek redress in a court of law