释义 |
legal rights 1. Rights recognized by the common law courts, as distinct from equitable rights or interests recognized by the Court of Chancery. In their developed form, legal rights affect everyone whether or not they know (or ought to know) of their existence (hence the expression “legal rights bind the world”). 2. Generally, all rights recognized by the law (both common law and equity) as having legal existence and effect, as distinguished from moral rights. |