legal right

Example Sentences

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“We have a legal right to rescue these animals,” he said before being detained.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

A well-funded brokerage account does not automatically grant someone the legal right to speak for you in an emergency room.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Instead it is building a pub, as its licence comes with the legal right to operate an off-sales section.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

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

Valentine said, “We have a legal right as American citizens to be here.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead