Definition of "legal right" [legal right]

• A right based in law (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Accordingly, it is a fact, as far as I am informed, that England was, until wecopied her, the only country on earth which ever, by a general law, gave a legal right to the exclusive use of an idea."
• "In French eyes, Britain had no legal right to fore-close the question of the Nile."
• "You have the legal right to add your side of the story to your credit file, that is, why your payments were late, or that credit information in your file is incorrect and is being reverified."