legal right
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈliːɡəl raɪt/
- Formal
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derecho
- Workers, for example, reasserted their legal right to strike, which they had never been allowed to exercise.
- protect legal rights
- give legal rights
- claim a legal right
Then he has a legal right to have people do his bidding.
- Then he has a legal right to have people do his bidding.
- But if you've played blackjack, have your chips, you then have the legal right to cash them out and you don't need to show an ID.
- If the case is that we should be granting, I'm not sure we So the answer is I don't know what legal rights animals should have.
- It is just to respect unjust, to violate the legal rights of anyone.
- I mean it, It looked like our legal rights were on parallel with heterosexual people.
- This whole system of legal right is rather precarious.
- The moon has a legal right to pursue legal challenges till it's done.
- And he's going to contrast this with what is just going on in the section on legal right.
- Does that party have the legal rights to move something, move value, Do they have enough of the value?
Examples
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I'm standing on my legal rights.
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The party entered into dialogue with students, admitting their legal right to hold demonstrations.
Academic text (1992) -
These men have clear and legal right to strike.
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We're well within our legal rights.
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You have no legal rights.
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Citizens of different countries may be bound by national policies and experience specific legal rights related to online privacy.
Academic text (2015) -
Seeking asylum is a legal right of all people.
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Historians have reached a consensus that black citizens suffered a loss of legal rights during the Jim Crow era.
Academic text (2017) -
Eviction, however, is not always justified, and tenants have some legal rights in this regard.
Academic text (1991) -
Everyone should know their legal rights when entering into a contract.
Synonyms
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2.3
Permission given by law or moral rule to have something
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5.1
A right under law or contract to get money
How Protected
- Formal
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4.1
- Formal
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3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is fully compositional: 'legal' (pertaining to law) modifies 'right' (an entitlement) to indicate a right recognized or protected by law. This adjective+noun combination follows normal English semantics and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Legal right puts together legal, meaning 'from the law', and right, meaning 'a fair claim'. Imagine someone holding a paper with a judge's stamp that acts like a shield to protect them. So, legal right means a right that the law accepts and protects.