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property right

property right

36 4.6
Legal permission to control things like land or inventions
  • noun
  • /ˈprɒpərti raɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : derecho de propiedad
  • Because when you have clear property rights, you tend to take better care of them than if they're left to the public.
  • private property rights
  • intellectual property rights
  • property rights regime

It's completely reliant on moving property rights around multiple parties.

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Examples

  • Farmers lost their property rights essentially and Zimbabwe has been plunged into famine.

  • You will respect property rights.

  • And some of those principles include property rights that we have to have the right for people to be able to own property.

  • And it protects, by definition, the property rights of X percent of shares.

  • And let's not forget private property rights as the kind of agent that ties all of these things together.

  • It protects our collective property rights, if you will, and our individual property rights as part of that.

  • The most commonly occurring property right in forest management is access to a defined physical area for harvesting.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The government must ensure that individuals have fair property rights to protect their investments.

  • Clear property rights encourage people to maintain and improve their land.

  • Legal disputes over property rights can often lead to lengthy court cases.

Synonyms

right
vsproperty right
2.3

Permission given by law or moral rule to have something

applies specifically to claims over possession, use, and disposal of property
ownership
vsproperty right
187 2.5

The legal right to have and control something like a house

is the legal claim giving power to possess, use, and dispose
legal right
vsproperty right
  • Formal
48 3.2

Something a person can do or have because the law allows it

is limited to claims about possessing, using, and disposing property
tenure
vsproperty right
  • Specialized
7 7.2

The legal right to have or use land

covers all property types and includes disposal not only holding
dominium
vsproperty right
  • Archaic
9.9

The legal right to own and control property

is focused on the general legal claim to possess, use, and dispose
jouissance
vsproperty right
  • UK
9.9

The right to use and enjoy a property

stresses full legal powers including disposal not just enjoyment

How Much Control

ownership
187 2.5
property right
  • Specialized
36 4.6
leasehold
  • UK
1 6.8
to license
156 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

property + right

The meaning 'the legal right to possess, use, or dispose of property' is directly derivable from combining 'property' (an asset) and 'right' (a legal entitlement). This noun–noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'derecho de propiedad') and follows standard semantic logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the meaning.

Etymology

Property right comes from the simple image of a house or piece of land with a fence or sign showing who owns it; property is what someone owns and a right is their power over it. So, today property right means the legal power 'to own, use, or sell' that thing.