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property right

noun

: a legal right or interest in or against specific property

Examples of property right in a Sentence

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And for decades, every attempt to create legal access has foundered on the rocky shoals of property rights and lumbering bureaucracy. Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025 Upset Grove Isle homeowners who could not do any work on their units or 40-year recertification work on common areas complained that the city was violating their property rights. Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025 So Showtime did not exploit Sheila’s property rights by making the series. Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Mar. 2025 What Happens Next With pressure mounting over a spate of squatting incidents, Illinois lawmakers may soon be forced to reexamine the balance between property rights and due process. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for property right

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of property right was in 1848

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“Property right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20right. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

Legal Definition

property right

noun
1
: a right or interest in or involving property (as real property)
a conflict between environmental regulations and property rights
2
: property interest at interest 3b
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