legal right

Example Sentences

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She waived her legal right to anonymity in her own trial, saying: "I want all women who have been raped to say: Madame Pelicot did it, I can too."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Judge Rosenthal rejected that argument, saying neither Jones nor Free Speech Systems had the legal right to challenge the earlier bankruptcy order, leaving the court without authority to hear the case.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Given this arrangement, I have a legal right to 50% of the profit from the sale.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 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

The Supreme Court did not reach the merits of the case, ruling instead that the plaintiffs lacked the legal right even to file the lawsuit.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander