legal right
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legal rights
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Members of the union in Taoyuan have "obtained the legal right to conduct a strike and establish strike picket lines", union secretary Chen Yen-kai told a news conference.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
A new legal right to unpaid time off work after suffering a bereavement will cover step and half relatives, as well as foster, kinship care and adoptive relationships, the government has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
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
I understood that she had the legal right to sell it; what I didn’t understand was— “Why?”
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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