| 单词 | right |
| 释义 | right /'rīt/ n [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a: qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b: something that is morally just able to distinguish ~ from wrong 2: something to which one has a just claim: as a: a power, privilege, or condition of existence to which one has a natural claim of enjoyment or possession the ~ of liberty that all men...are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable ~ s — Declaration of Independence see also natural right b: a power, privilege, immunity, or capacity the enjoyment of which is secured to a person by law one's constitutional ~ s c: a legally enforceable claim against another that the other will do or will not do a given act the defendant may be under a legal duty...to exercise reasonable care for the plaintiff's safety, so that the plaintiff has a corresponding legal ~ to insist on that care — W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton d: the interest that one has in property: a claim or title to property — often used in pl. a security interest is not enforceable...and does not attach unless...the debtor has ~ s in the collateral — Uniform Commercial Code leasing mineral ~ s see also real right e pl: the interest in property possessed (as under copyright law) in an intangible thing and esp. an item of intellectual property obtained publishing ~ s 3: a privilege given stockholders to subscribe pro rata to a new issue of securities generally below market price right·ful /-fəl/ adj right·ful·ly /-fə-lē/ adv of right 1: as an absolute right 2: demandable or enforceable under the law appeal of right to the circuit courts of appeal — L. H. Campbell |
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