RIGHT OF RE-ENTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right of re-entry mean? 

• RIGHT OF RE-ENTRY (noun)
  The noun RIGHT OF RE-ENTRY has 1 sense:

1. the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)

  Familiarity information: RIGHT OF RE-ENTRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT OF RE-ENTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("right of re-entry" is a kind of...):

legal right (a right based in law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)