natural right

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of natural right¹

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

"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

Netanyahu said the ICC's decision was a "dark day in the history of humanity" and "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".

From BBC

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