legal right
Example Sentences
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Parents, he said, have the legal right to observe classes and meet with teachers, and the expectation is that teachers will communicate freely and often with parents about a child’s needs and progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
This includes not having the "legal right to survey the building when they buy, so they have no means of knowing if a site has problems", he explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The town’s slow work was getting the legal right to bulldoze capital that ownership had abandoned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the UK, there is no general legal right to paid bereavement leave when someone close to you dies.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Gold had the legal right to refuse, but decided there was no point.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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