Law Dictionary Definitions

rights-consciousness. See CLAIMS-CONSCIOUSNESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

rights arbitration.See grievance arbitration under ARBITRATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

right-of-way. 1. The right to pass through property owned by another. • A right-of-way may be established by contract, by longstanding usage, or by public authority (as with a highway). Cf. EASEMENT. [Cases: Easements 1. C.J.S. Easements §§ 2–8, 13–14, 21–22, 24, 53–55, 57–58, 89.] 2. The right to build and operate a railway line…

right of visitation and search.See RIGHT OF SEARCH. [Blacks Law 8th]

right of visitation. 1.VISITATION RIGHT. 2.RIGHT OF SEARCH. [Blacks Law 8th]

right of visit and search.See RIGHT OF SEARCH. [Blacks Law 8th]

right of visit.See RIGHT OF SEARCH. [Blacks Law 8th]

right of transit passage.See TRANSIT PASSAGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

right of termination.A remedy involving the ending of contractual relations, accorded to a party to a contract when the other party breaches a duty that arises under the contract. • The right of termination is contrasted with a right to rescind, which arises when the other party breaches a duty that arises independently of the…

right of survivorship.A joint tenant’s right to succeed to the whole estate upon the death of the other joint tenant. — Also termed jus accrescendi. See SURVIVORSHIP; joint tenancy under TENANCY. [Cases: Joint Tenancy 6.C.J.S. Joint Tenancy §§ 3, 5, 7, 10–15, 19–20, 38–40.] [Blacks Law 8th]