legal right
Court-enforceable entitlement
A legal right is an entitlement recognized and enforceable by law, as distinguished from moral claims or social expectations.
Legal rights include protections like free speech, property ownership, and due process.
She has a legal right to access her medical records.
The term often appears in disputes over what the law actually guarantees versus what people believe it should.
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
- tenancy rightsLegal claims of renters
- habeas corpusWrit challenging lawful custody
- land ownershipPossessing property rights
- anti-discrimination lawsLegislation forbidding unequal treatment
Miranda rights · due process · fair trial · water rights · racial equality · voting rights · mineral rights · copyright · intellectual property · equal protection · gender equality · natural rights · inheritance rights · disability rights · civil liberties · patent rights · enforce · privacy rights
- legitimacyvalidity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful, licit
legal rightprivilege
Exclusive right or benefit
incapacity · license · permission · concession · favor
legal rightlegal duty
Law-imposed obligation
legal obligation · prohibition · legal liability · restriction · constraint
right, legal, illegal, righteous, rightly, legalize, legally, rightful, rightness