inalienable right

inalienable right
index prerogative, prescription (claim of title)

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  • inalienable right — ➔ right * * * inalienable right UK US noun [C] LAW ► a right that cannot be taken away from you: an inalienable right to sth »Employees should have an inalienable right to participate in decisions that affect them …   Financial and business terms

  • inalienable right — God given right, basic human right that cannot be violated (in the USA the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Right — A short lived (typically less than 90 days) call option for purchasing additional stock in a firm, issued by the firm to all its shareholders on a pro rata basis. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * right right [raɪt] noun 1. [countable]… …   Financial and business terms

  • right — Privilege granted shareholders of a corporation to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public. Such a right, which normally has a life of two to four weeks, is freely transferable and entitles the holder …   Financial and business terms

  • Right of revolution — The storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 has come to symbolize the French Revolution, when a people rose up to exercise their right of revolution …   Wikipedia

  • inalienable — [[t]ɪne͟ɪljənəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n (emphasis) If you say that someone has an inalienable right to something, you are emphasizing that they have a right to it which cannot be changed or taken away. [FORMAL] He said the republic now had an… …   English dictionary

  • Right of self-defense — This article and defense of property deal with the legal concept of justified acts that might otherwise be illegal. For the general act of protecting one s person from attack, see Self defense. For the 1983 Canadian action thriller film, see Self …   Wikipedia

  • inalienable — Used especially of rights: an inalienable right is one that cannot be abridged or suspended or even (more stringently and controversially) signed away voluntarily. The right to possession of one s limbs, or the right to life, or the right not to… …   Philosophy dictionary

  • Right to development — The right to development was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1986 in the Declaration on the Right to Development, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 41/128. The right to development is also recognized in the… …   Wikipedia

  • right — Synonyms and related words: Bill of Rights, Bircher, Bourbon, Christian, Declaration of Right, Epistle side, Magna Carta, Magna Charta, OK, Petition of Right, Roger, Tory, a propos, absolute, absolute interest, absolute power, absolutely,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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