legal rights
Court-enforceable freedoms granted
Legal rights are entitlements and protections enforceable by law.
They include constitutional guarantees like free speech and due process, statutory rights granted by legislation, and common-law rights developed through court decisions.
The defendant exercised her legal right to an attorney.
Legal rights differ from moral rights in being codified and backed by state authority—you may have a moral claim to something without having a legal right to it.
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- fair trialImpartial judicial proceeding
- habeas corpusWrit challenging lawful custody
- copyrightsLegal ownership of creations
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- legal guides
- legal rightshabeas corpus, jury trial, freedom of religion, trial by jury, speedy trial
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- rightscivil liberties, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees, fundamental freedoms
- disabilitydisability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity, disability law
- legal fieldscivil law, criminal law, administrative law, common law, civil procedure
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Rights granted to some
licenses · permissions · concessions · immunities · favors
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Enforceable duties under law
legal duties · legal restrictions · criminal liability · disenfranchisement · civil liabilities
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Removal of voting rights
rightlessness · enslavement · slavery · tyranny · despotism
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