legal right

Example Sentences

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I don’t see what good can come out of giving her $50,000 that you are perfectly within your legal right to keep.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

“We have a legal right to rescue these animals,” he said before being detained.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

As a result, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act was eventually created in 2000, giving people the legal right to roam over much more countryside, including in the Peak District.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Hezbollah, for its turn, condemned the attacks, adding in a statement that it had the “natural and legal right to resist occupation and respond to its attacks.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

One side believed slavery was a legal right.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock