ancient lights

British  

noun

1. (usually functioning as singular) the legal right to receive, by a particular window or windows, adequate and unobstructed daylight

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ancient lights

My hands tremble a little as I untangle the ancient lights from one another.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

Perhaps more ancient lights have died out of human faces than modern lights have been kindled to replace them.

From A Cathedral Singer by Allen, James Lane

It is the renowned Monsieur Des Cartes, whose lustre far outshines the aged winking tapers of Peripatetic Philosophy, and has eclipsed the stagyrite, with all the ancient lights of Greece and Rome.

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

This is it, my lud, his ludship said: ‘In an action for stopping of his ancient lights —.”

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

In whatever direction tramlines or railroads desired to flow, there stood Samuel ready to apply his tourniquet, which was sometimes nothing more than one tumbledown cottage plastered with signs of ancient lights.

From Rich Relatives by MacKenzie, Compton