right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"

compulsory process - the right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court

conjugal rights - the right of married persons to the enjoyment of association and sympathy and confidence and domestic happiness and the comfort of living together and eating meals at the same table and profiting from joint property right and the intimacies of domestic relations

conjugal visitation, conjugal visitation rights - the legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourse

pre-emption, preemption - the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)

claim, title - an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"

eminent domain - the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made

enfranchisement, franchise - a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)

patent right - the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention

right of election - in probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute

right of entry - the legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner

right of re-entry - the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)

right of offset - (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default

right of privacy - a legal right (not explicitly provided in the United States Constitution) to be left alone; the right to live life free from unwarranted publicity

enjoyment, use - (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat"

usufruct - a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way

visitation rights - the right granted by a court to a parent (or other relative) who is deprived of custody of a child to visit the child on a regular basis

copyright, right of first publication - a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

land tenure, tenure - the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands