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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

abstraction, abstract go
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

right go
an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature

legal right
a right based in law

noun.attribute

19 Subcategories

compulsory process go
the right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court
conjugal right go
the right of married persons to the enjoyment of association and sympathy and confidence and domestic happiness and the comfort of living together and eating meals at the same table and profiting from joint property right and the intimacies of domestic relations
conjugal visitation right, conjugal visitation go
the legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourse
preemption, pre-emption go
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
claim, title go
an established or recognized right
eminent domain go
the right of the state to take private property for public use
enfranchisement, franchise go
a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
patent right go
the right granted by a patent
right of election go
in probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute
right of entry go
the legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner
right of re-entry go
the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)
right of offset go
(banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default
right of privacy go
a legal right (not explicitly provided in the United States Constitution) to be left alone
seat go
the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
use, enjoyment go
(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
usufruct go
a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way
visitation right go
the right granted by a court to a parent (or other relative) who is deprived of custody of a child to visit the child on a regular basis
copyright, right of first publication go
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
tenure, land tenure go
the right to hold property