property right

noun

: a legal right or interest in or against specific property

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Ease of travel and the reassuring stability of U.S. property rights are powerful draws in an increasingly competitive global real estate market. Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Prosecutors said that the defendants had used their political influence to tailor a state law, enacted in 2013, to best suit their business needs in Camden and then strong-armed a rival developer to sell property rights that later became central to obtaining tax credits worth $240 million. Tracey Tully, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 The owner of a closed Sears store in Michigan is asking a judge to stop the adjacent shopping center's demolition, alleging that the city and the mall violated property rights. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025 Such official maps helped annex territories and determine property rights. Christine Leuenberger, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for property right

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of property right was in 1848

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“Property right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20right. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

Legal Definition

property right

noun
1
: a right or interest in or involving property (as real property)
a conflict between environmental regulations and property rights
2
: property interest at interest 3b
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