property right

noun

: a legal right or interest in or against specific property

Examples of property right in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Republicans have also built much of their modern identity around property rights and local control, principles that can conflict with the national push to build AI infrastructure as quickly as possible. — Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2026

But as building efforts have ramped up, the administration has run into opposition from landowners, environmental groups, and Native American tribes who say construction is violating property rights and desecrating sacred Indigenous sites. — Mikella Schuettler, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

This effectively hands the Russian state control of the owner’s property, property rights and shares. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Residents of the San Francisco Tower have filed a lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court seeking to protect their property rights as Kansas City and the Royals plan to build a new ballpark in the Crown Center area. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for property right

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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