legal right

Example Sentences

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Hezbollah, for its turn, condemned the attacks, adding in a statement that it had the “natural and legal right to resist occupation and respond to its attacks.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

"He has a legal right to come into the country and to perform in this country," Benn added.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Richardson has experience of unwanted predator attention, which she has waived her legal right to anonymity to share.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

"Suppose this Falconer sells the play to a printer, who publishes it and has it registered. Then the Chamberlain's Men lose all legal right to perform it ourselves."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood