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
As a result, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act was eventually created in 2000, giving people the legal right to roam over much more countryside, including in the Peak District.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 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
It made marriage a whim of the master rather than a legal right.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
