substantive right
noun
: a right (as of life, liberty, property, or reputation) held to exist for its own sake and to constitute part of the normal legal order of society
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Today, millions of Indonesians may be able to vote, but the substantive rights typically accorded to citizens of a democracy are far from guaranteed.
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Krithika Varagur, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
And if so, do the substantive rights include a woman’s right to make decisions about her body, including the decision whether to continue her pregnancy?
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2020
There ought to be a discussion of what the substantive rights of citizens are.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
For Judge Tatel, this ruling implies only that Guantánamo detainees lack a substantive right to enter the United States.
—S.m. | New York, The Economist, 12 June 2019
Notice and comment procedures, in which the public is made aware of pending changes in the law and offered a chance to discuss them, typically are required when a new policy affects peoples' substantive rights and interests.
—Gregg Re, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2018
Unions argue that mandatory arbitration requires workers to renounce their substantive rights under federal law, but class actions are a procedural mechanism.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2017
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Krithika Varagur, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
And if so, do the substantive rights include a woman’s right to make decisions about her body, including the decision whether to continue her pregnancy?
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2020
There ought to be a discussion of what the substantive rights of citizens are.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
For Judge Tatel, this ruling implies only that Guantánamo detainees lack a substantive right to enter the United States.
—S.m. | New York, The Economist, 12 June 2019
Notice and comment procedures, in which the public is made aware of pending changes in the law and offered a chance to discuss them, typically are required when a new policy affects peoples' substantive rights and interests.
—Gregg Re, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2018
Unions argue that mandatory arbitration requires workers to renounce their substantive rights under federal law, but class actions are a procedural mechanism.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2017
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