legal right

Example Sentences

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There were 9,914 enforced returns for people who did not have the legal right to remain in the UK in the year ending December 2025 - a 21% increase from the previous year.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

As for big Joe Cotchett, he ended up joining the ranks of lawyers fighting for the legal right to same-sex marriage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Often, it’s people with a legal right to live in the U.S.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Congress is supposed to have a legal right to tour ICE detention centers and provide oversight on these facilities, where 32 people died in 2025.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Neither Mayor Clarkson nor the Guardians had the legal right to take control of Bush Hill.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy