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legal right

[lee-guhl rahyt] / ˈli gəl ˈraɪt /
NOUN
easement
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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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