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Examples of property right in a Sentence
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Things get more complicated when property rights are imperfectly defined.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 May 2024
The attorneys’ opinion column raises interesting questions about property rights and preservation, and the balance that any city must strike between them.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
The land use laws allow municipalities to curtail substantially private property rights.
—Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2024
But the potential new space rush raises concerns about cosmic property rights and the economic impact of flooding the market with extraterrestrial supplies.
—Austin Chen, theweek, 22 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above
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“Property right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20right. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
Legal Definition
property right
noun1
: 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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