natural right

American  

noun

1. any right that exists by virtue of natural law.

---

Etymology

Origin of natural right

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

Roberts did leave the door open to potentially moving Hernández back to left field, where he spent the majority of 2024 for the Dodgers before shifting over to his more natural right field position last year.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's an antisemitic step that has one goal - to deter me, to deter us from having our natural right to defend ourselves against enemies who try to destroy us," he said.

From BBC

He’s penciled in to play center field, which would allow Aaron Judge to move to his more natural right field spot.

From Los Angeles Times

Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right.

From Los Angeles Times

“Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor,” Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison in October 1785, “it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right.”

From Los Angeles Times