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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

as of right en · ADP

Meanings

  1. By virtue of an entitlement or authority which arises from certain legal conditions or circumstances; by operation of law.
    • But we have been educated, by a warped system, to believe that food is cheap as of right. That is why many of us are now suffering sticker shock when we eat out. 2023 June 10, Tim Hayward, “The pie’s the limit”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
    • The Constitutional Council shall, as of right, carry out such an examination.
    • He may appeal the ruling as of right.
    • Parliament shall sit as of right.

Forms

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Relateds

ipso jure · proprio motu · suo motu · de jure · nostra sponte · sua sponte

Translations (3)

fi itse lain nojalla (by virtue of an entitlement or authority which arises from certain legal conditions or circumstances) · fr de plein droit (by virtue of an entitlement or authority which arises from certain legal conditions or circumstances) · pl prawnie (by virtue of an entitlement or authority which arises from certain legal conditions or circumstances)