HAVE A RIGHT TO Definition & Meaning

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Have a just or legal claim on something or on some action, as in The accused has a right to legal counsel . The related have the right to is often used with infinitives, as in You have the right to remain silent . [Late 1300s] The antonym, dating from the mid-1600s, is have no right to , as in He has no right to push you aside . Also see in the right .

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Chan School of Public Health and a former senior advisor to the FDA commissioner, said that even if a contaminated product is out of circulation by the time its source is identified, consumers still have a right to know the contamination occurred.

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CEO Emma Toms believes owners have a right to expect their home to be of a high standard and should not need to use snaggers.

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But under the new ruling a person who was born male but identifies as a woman does not have a right to use a space or service designated as women only.

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The Supreme Court unanimously agreed that migrants have a right to file these challenges, called habeas petitions, just last week.

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It also makes it clear that if a space or service is designated as women-only, a person who was born male but identifies as a woman does not have a right to use that space or service.

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