miner's right
Britishnoun
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A court questioned the miner's right to operate Sukari in October, and last week a report from the Egyptian State Commissioner's office was not positive for its case.
From The Guardian
Once the miner's right found his ribs, and his face contracted with a sudden spasm of pain, while the angry red blotches showed mottled against the clear white skin.
From Project Gutenberg
They hold their blocks of land by miner's right, and their houses are their own.
From Project Gutenberg
This miner's right enough, about the digging.
From Project Gutenberg
Under the mining laws, each of you has as much right as my friend Scarlett, here, to a digger’s claim upon this field, provided only that you each obtain a Miner’s Right and peg off the ground legitimately.
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