“right of”

The following 14 entries include the term right of.

right of action

: a right to begin and prosecute an action in the courts (as for the purpose of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong)

right of attribution

: the moral right of the creator of visual art to claim authorship of a work and to deny authorship of a modification of the work or of another's work

right of common

right of entry

: the legal right of taking or resuming possession of real property in a peaceable manner

right of first refusal

: the right to have the first opportunity to purchase property upon the owner's decision to sell at the same terms offered by a third party or at predetermined terms

right of integrity

: the moral right of a creator of visual art to prevent modification of the work

right of petition

: a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to petition the government for a redress of grievances

right of privacy

: the right of a person to be free from intrusion into or publicity concerning matters of a personal nature compare invasion of privacy

right of publicity

: the right to prevent unauthorized use of one's name or likeness by a third person for commercial benefit

right of redemption

: the right to regain ownership of property by freeing it from a debt, charge, or lien (as by paying to the creditor what is due to release the secured property)

right of reentry

: power of termination at power 2b

right of survivorship

: the right of the survivor of owners of property held jointly to take the entire property

right of use

: a personal servitude conferring a specified use of an estate that is less than full enjoyment

right-of-way

: an easement or servitude over another's land conferring a right of passage


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