How to Use property right in a Sentence

property right

noun
  • Outraged, the schools fought back with a property rights claim against the NCAA.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
  • For the Knoches, the desire to farm the sun on their land is a simple matter of property rights.
    USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Dear Lizzy, The neighbors have a strip of property right next to our front yard that is maybe 2 feet wide.
    oregonlive, 17 May 2022
  • What are some of the elements that make a property right for Smarter?
    Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • This is a huge win for property rights, federalism, and the rule of law.
    Daren Bakst, National Review, 2 June 2023
  • The feud — like many between neighbors — is, at its core, a spat over property rights.
    María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • In a battle of art vs. property rights, Anderson won the right to paint over Wyland’s work.
    Daily Pilot, 20 July 2019
  • Now, a property right next door to the late musician’s former pad is up for grabs.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Most of the volunteers also own property right across the street.
    Devin Kelly, Alaska Dispatch News, 24 Oct. 2017
  • This may violate your property rights as well as the CC&Rs.
    Kelly G. Richardson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • But this was the last protection to their sense of being, to their sense of identity, to not just property rights but job rights.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Perhaps most concerning is our poor score on the rule of law and respect for property rights.
    Michael Tanner, National Review, 11 Oct. 2017
  • And, to this day, the country’s Indian Act limits the property rights of First Nations.
    Justin Worland/toronto, TIME, 27 June 2024
  • Boston Harbor Hotel is a five-star property right on the water with 232 rooms and suites.
    Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Buyers should be aware that some of their most basic property rights are under threat.
    The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
  • This was a liberal issue—the denial of property rights on racial grounds.
    Steven Friedman, Quartz Africa, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The initial space race to the moon brought about the United Nations 1966 treaty, which determined nations could not claim property rights in space.
    Bret Baier, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Black Desert has a property right to some water as a result of a deal worked out between St. George and the land’s previous owner.
    Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • My record includes standing up for property rights, the precious right to life and against raising taxes.
    Anna M. Tinsley, star-telegram, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Another part is to be clear about the sorts of property right that libertarians can deem to be just.
    Hillel Steiner, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The right was reserved in those treaties in return for the tribes turning over their property right to nearly all of Western Washington.
    Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 18 Apr. 2018
  • CyrusOne has said the company has nothing planned for that property right now.
    Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 12 Oct. 2017
  • At death, both men split up property rights to their family members.
    Carrie Blackmore Smith, Cincinnati.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The current articulation of the contrast between property rights and the right to live was born in the 19th century.
    On Barak, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The group says the new law amounts to the unconstitutional taking of private property rights.
    USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Moreover, northern Europe’s Protestants lived in countries that already had clear property rights and the rule of law.
    The Economist, 4 Nov. 2017
  • The high court ruled, eradicating the deer did not violate Williams’ property rights.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024
  • The city said in the complaint that as long as the toxic chemicals remain at the site, Dallas’ property rights are being infringed upon.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The developer asked again that the state respect its private property rights.
    Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 6 June 2023
  • Owners of the buildings argued their property rights were being denied and some simply closed their SROs.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023

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