as of right

idiom

law

: according to what is legally correct

The federal court may intervene as of right.

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Overall, the changes would reduce the minimum number of multifamily units allowed as of right in these zones across the MBTA catchment area by about 18 percent, to 283,500, from 344,100 in the initial version. —