#right an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature: "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
supertype: #abstract__abstraction a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
subtype: #access.right the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
subtype: #advowson the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
subtype: #cabotage.right the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
subtype: #claim.right__title an informal right to something: "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame"
subtype: #due that which is deserved or owed: "give the devil his due"
subtype: #admittance__entree__access the right to enter
subtype: #door.admittance anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
subtype: #open_door freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all employees"
subtype: #floor.right the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
subtype: #grant.right a right or privilege that has been granted
subtype: #human_right__humanright 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)
subtype: #right_to_privacy right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion
subtype: #right_to_life the right to live
subtype: #right_to_liberty the right to be free
subtype: #right_to_the_pursuit_of_happiness the right to try to find happiness
subtype: #freedom_of_thought the right to hold unpopular ideas
subtype: #equality_before_the_law the right to equal protection of the laws
subtype: #civil_right__civilright__civil_rights 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
subtype: #civil_liberty__civilliberty fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference
subtype: #habeas_corpus right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
subtype: #freedom_of_religion guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #freedom_of_speech guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #freedom_of_the_press guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #freedom_of_assembly right peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances; guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #freedom_to_bear_arms guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #freedom_from_search_and_seizure__freedomfromsearchandseizure guaranteed by the 4th amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #right_to_due_process guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution; reaffirmed by the 14th amendment
subtype: #freedom_from_self-incrimination__freedomfromselfincrimination guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #freedom_from_double_jeopardy guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #right_to_speedy_and_public_trial_by_jury guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #right_to_an_attorney guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #right_to_confront_accusors guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #freedom_from_cruel_and_unusual_punishment guaranteed by the 8th amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #freedom_from_involuntary_servitude guaranteed by the 13th amendment to the US constitution
subtype: #equal_protection_of_the_laws guaranteed by the 14th amendment to the US constitution and by the due-process clause of the 5th amendment
subtype: #freedom_from_discrimination freedom from discrimination on the basis of race or sex or nationality or religion or age; guaranteed by US Federal laws
subtype: #equal_opportunity__equalopportunity equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race or color or sex or national origin
subtype: #legal_right__legalright a right based in law
subtype: #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
subtype: #preemption.legal_right__pre-emption__preemption the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
subtype: #title.legal_right__claim an established or recognized right: "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"
subtype: #own_right__ownright by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved; "a peer in his own right"; "a leading sports figure in his own right": "a fine opera in its own right"
subtype: #entitlement right granted by law or contract esp to benefits
subtype: #eminent_domain__eminentdomain the right of the state to take private property for public use; the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution requires that just compensation be made
subtype: #franchise.legal_right a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the right to vote)
subtype: #right_to_vote__vote__suffrage a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"
subtype: #patent_right the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention
subtype: #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
subtype: #right_of_entry the legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner
subtype: #right_of_re-entry the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)
subtype: #right_of_privacy a legal right (not explicitly provided in the US Constitution) to be left alone; the right to live life free from unwarranted publicity
subtype: #use.legal_right__enjoyment (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat"
subtype: #fair_use the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties
subtype: #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
subtype: #copyright__rightoffirstpublication a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
subtype: #land_tenure__tenure the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
subtype: #copyhold a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services
subtype: #freehold tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
subtype: #villeinage tenure by which a villein held land
subtype: #preemption.right__pre-emption__preemption the right to purchase something in advance of others
subtype: #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
subtype: #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
subtype: #prerogative__privilege__perquisite__exclusive_right__exclusiveright a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
subtype: #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)
subtype: #public_easement__publiceasement any easement enjoyed by the public in general (as the public's right to use public streets)
subtype: #right_of_way.easement__rightofway the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
subtype: #privilege_of_the_floor the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session
subtype: #privilege (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
subtype: #attorney-client_privilege the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client
subtype: #informer's_privilege the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer
subtype: #journalist's_privilege the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
subtype: #marital_communications_privilege__husband-wife_privilege neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
subtype: #physician-patient_privilege__physicianpatientprivilege the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
subtype: #priest-penitent_privilege the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges
subtype: #right_of_search the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them
subtype: #right_of_way.right__rightofway the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
subtype: #states'_rights the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
subtype: #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
subtype: #water_right__waterright__riparian_right right of access to water
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