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Examples of property right in a Sentence
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And what of the property rights of the ones doing the pouring?
Consider also that over time, technology changes.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 May 2024
On the other side of the fight was Roberto Hagemann, a wealthy Chilean industrialist who had spent years acquiring property rights from 200 local families to assemble a 325,000-acre (or roughly 500 square mile) property.
—David Gelles, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above
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“Property right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20right. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
Legal Definition
property right
noun1
: a right or interest in or involving property (as real property)
a conflict between environmental regulations and property rights
2
: property interest at interest 3b
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