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natural right
noun
- any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of natural right1
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Example Sentences
Here is our nativity, and here have we the natural right to abide and be elevated through the measures of our own efforts.
While a person has the natural right also to the lateral support of his land, yet he cannot use it to the injury of another.
He is an intruder upon you: he has no natural right to your affection; nor have you a natural obligation to regard him.
The territory, thus free from all exclusive possession, they might have taken by the natural right of occupancy.
The questions of the natural right to property, and of the right to labor are also discussed.
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