PROPERTY RIGHT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)