property right

noun

: a legal right or interest in or against specific property

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Mozart and Beethoven’s financial ruin was common for composers who had no property rights in their valuable music. Bill Hochberg, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 The Cubs assert the team holds an undisputed property right to Cubs games and there is no public right to watch a Cubs game in person or by broadcast. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 May 2025 Along with further cutting tax rates, expanding school choice, and reducing the burden of state regulations, lawmakers and governors in many states this year are prioritizing reforms that bring down high housing costs, namely by protecting property rights in a way that facilitates new construction. Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025 The battle is a mashup of property rights, exponential energy demand and cost increases, climate goals, economic growth, land conservation and the AI race. Joanne Frederick, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 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 8 Jul. 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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