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EXCLUSIVE RIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
Example:
suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males
Synonyms:
exclusive right; perquisite; prerogative; privilege
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("exclusive right" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exclusive right"):
easement ((law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land))
privilege of the floor (the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session)
