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substantive right

noun

  1. a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of substantive right1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

The substantive right often supplies the place of ought, as "farmer A has a right to pay his tax."

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