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[Old English riht<\/i>, from riht<\/i> righteous]
1 a<\/b> :<\/b> qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval
b<\/b> :<\/b> something that is morally just [able to distinguish from wrong]
2<\/b> :<\/b> something to which one has a just claim: as
a<\/b> :<\/b> a power, privilege, or condition of existence to which one has a natural claim of enjoyment or possession [the of liberty] [that all men…are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable s<\/i> “Declaration of Independence<\/i>“] see also natural right<\/a>
b<\/b> :<\/b> a power, privilege, immunity, or capacity the enjoyment of which is secured to a person by law [one’s constitutional s<\/i>]
c<\/b> :<\/b> a legally enforceable claim against another that the other will do or will not do a given act [the defendant may be under a legal duty…to exercise reasonable care for the plaintiff’s safety, so that the plaintiff has a corresponding legal to insist on that care “W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton”]
d<\/b> :<\/b> the interest that one has in property
:<\/b> a claim or title to property often used in pl. [a security interest is not enforceable…and does not attach unless…the debtor has s<\/i> in the collateral “Uniform Commercial Code<\/i>“] [leasing mineral s<\/i>] see also real right<\/a>
e<\/b>
pl<\/i>
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:<\/b> the interest in property possessed (as under copyright law) in an intangible thing and esp. an item of intellectual property [obtained publishing s<\/i>]
3<\/b> :<\/b> a privilege given stockholders to subscribe pro rata to a new issue of securities generally below market price
right·ful [-fəl]
adj<\/i>
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right·ful·ly [-fə-lē]
adv<\/i>
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of right<\/b>
1<\/b> :<\/b> as an absolute right
2<\/b> :<\/b> demandable or enforceable under the law [appeal of right<\/i> to the circuit courts of appeal “L. H. Campbell”]
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Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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