air right


noun
  1. a right of way in the air space above a property owner's land and the immovable property on it, subject to the public right of air navigation above the property at a legally prescribed altitude.

  2. such a right sold or leased for use or occupation, especially on a support elevated above an immovable property, as for the erection of an office building over a railroad track.

Origin of air right

1
First recorded in 1920–25

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How to use air right in a sentence

  • Bartholomew shut off with an under cut that brought us up stuttering, and nailed her feet with the air right where she stood.

    Golden Stories | Various
  • Maybe he air right in sayin' that I won't be welcome; but I'll do my duty, just th' same!

    In Old Kentucky | Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey