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Examples of property right in a Sentence
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According to the company, PSEG prefers to acquire property rights by reaching an agreement with a property owner based on a market value appraisal, but may invoke eminent domain if an agreement is not reached.
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Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
In a state television show Thursday, a senior Ministry of Interior official commenting on the proposal dodged questions about property rights.
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
And the jhānas themselves are not at risk of being enclosed behind private property rights.
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Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 June 2024
And, to this day, the country’s Indian Act limits the property rights of First Nations.
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Justin Worland/toronto, TIME, 27 June 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 26 Jul. 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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