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have a right to
Idioms and Phrases
Have a just or legal claim on something or on some action, as in The accused has a right to legal counsel . The related have the right to is often used with infinitives, as in You have the right to remain silent . [Late 1300s] The antonym, dating from the mid-1600s, is have no right to , as in He has no right to push you aside . Also see in the right .Example Sentences
In the past, the Supreme Court has said people who are being held in this country, including non-citizens, have a right to due process of law.
If there are other suitable modes of transport, such as the train for domestic journeys, then you have a right to be booked on to that alternative transport instead.
"Right first-time decision making will ensure refugees are given safety to go on to contribute to communities across the country and those who don't have a right to stay in the UK are removed with dignity and respect," he said.
“When you apply for a student visa or any visa to enter the United States, we have a right to deny you for virtually any reason, but I think being a supporter of Hamas and coming into our universities and turning them upside down and being complicit in what are clearly crimes of vandalization, complicit in shutting down learning institutions — there are kids at these schools that can’t go to class,†he said.
Both attorneys said non-U.S. citizens have a right to participate in protests and other forms of peaceful activism.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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