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What is proper and correct under the law, ethics, and/or moral code; something owed a person because of a just claim; a protected and recognized interest; a negotiable option to buy a new issue of stock at less than market pricing; a claim or interest in tangible or intangible things.
right of entry
The right to go upon land or into a dwelling.
right of redemption
The right to reclaim property previously sold or encumbered, by paying full value plus any interest and costs. 
right of way
The right of one vehicle to pass before another, as in “the car to the right at a four-way stop sign has the right of way”; the right to pass over the property of another, see easement; a piece of land upon which a railroad may construct its tracks.
riparian rights
. As to owners of land adjacent to waterways, the right to use of the water, the soil under the water, and its neighboring land structures, such as banks.  Generally refers to the right of a property owner whose land includes a natural waterway to use that portion of the waterway as may pass through his land, in whatever way the property owner chooses to. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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