property right

noun

: a legal right or interest in or against specific property

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Connecting listeners with a community land trust in Lahaina After this story aired on the uncertainty of property rights in Lahaina after the fire disaster there, the folks in the story received a surge in donations, as well as support and offers to help from around the country. Npr Staff, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024 The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, or ELVIS Act, classifies vocal likeness as a property right. Bret Baier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024 As a simple but stable system of cryptographic property rights, Bitcoin is a digital, modern-day solution to the problems the U.S. Constitution sought to solve: protecting us from humans who seek to tyrannize us. Edan Yago, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 In January, lawmakers in Congress introduced the No AI FRAUD Act, which would grant property rights for people’s likeness and voice. Arthur Holland Michel, WIRED, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for property right 

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of property right was in 1848

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“Property right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20right. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Legal Definition

property right

noun
1
: 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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