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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Example Sentences

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

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

Mary reflected, but the only repartee that she could conjure at the moment was something about ancient lights which did not seem appropriate.

From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider

The "Wheat-sheaf" is perhaps the most attractive, with its curious gable and ancient lights, and even the interior is not much altered.

From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

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