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TAKE THE QUIZ“rightof”
The following 12 entries include the term rightof.
right of center
idiomatic phrase: having, supporting, or showing conservative views : leaning to the right politically —often hyphenated when used before a noun
right-of-way
noun: a legal right of passage over another person's ground
right of approach
: the right of a man-of-war to approach and in time of war to board and inspect a merchant ship at sea in order to ascertain her nationality without interfering with her voyage
right of assembly
: the principle of popular government often constitutionally guaranteed that it is the right of the people peaceably to assemble for any purpose not expressly prohibited by law compare unlawful assembly
right of asylum
: the right of receiving protection at a place (as the residence of a sovereign or an ambassador or a foreign state) recognized by custom or treaty
right of confrontation
: the right of one accused of a crime to hear the witnesses testify against him and to cross-examine them
right of drip
: an easement or servitude existing only as acquired by grant or prescription that gives one the right to have the water running or dripping from his house fall on the land of his neighbor
right of emption
: the right formerly exercised by the English Crown of buying commodities at its need or for its use at such price or on such terms of payment as circumstances might warrant
right of search
: the right of a belligerent to stop a merchant vessel of a neutral state on the high seas and make such examination and search as may be reasonably necessary to determine whether it has become liable to capture by violation of the laws of war (as by carrying contraband goods)
right of support
: the easement or servitude acquired by grant or by prescription by which an owner of a structure on land has a right to rest or support it in whole or in part upon the land or structure of an adjoining owner (as by inserting beams in the adjoining wall on the boundary)
right of visit
(the right of) first refusal
idiom: the right to have the first choice to buy something on the same terms as offered to someone else
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