property rights

1. The legal limits governing the use and control of economic resources by individuals and corporations.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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.

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Missing from both books is a serious discussion about the connection between property rights and the value and use of land.

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