property right

American  

noun

1. a legal right to or in a particular property.

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Etymology

Origin of property right

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

In the first two, employees have a property right in the funds.

From The Wall Street Journal

This would mean pursuing assets like stocks, artwork and intellectual property rights, rather than income.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mexico needs local, state and federal defense of life and property rights.

From The Wall Street Journal

Opponents have called it an unworkable and unprecedented assault on private property rights.

From BBC

Kelo remains the law of the land, and the public won’t always rise up in outrage and is weak protection for property rights under the Fifth Amendment.

From The Wall Street Journal