PROPERTY RIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does property right mean? 

• PROPERTY RIGHT (noun)
  The noun PROPERTY RIGHT has 1 sense:

1. the legal right of ownership

  Familiarity information: PROPERTY RIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPERTY RIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The legal right of ownership

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("property right" is a kind of...):

ownership (the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "property right"):

public domain (property rights that are held by the public at large)

accession ((civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement)

 Context examples 

A mechanism for collaboration between government and outside scientists that legally defines intellectual property rights and financial and other responsibilities.

(Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, NCI Thesaurus)