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  • 121Right to Light — In English law, ancient lights or a right to light is a form of easement that gives a long standing owner of a building with windows a right to maintain the level of illumination. They are most usually acquired under the Prescription Act 1832.In… …

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  • 122wrong — Private Pri vate (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone …

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  • 123RIGHT — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index right noun decency, ethic (2), good, innocent, justice adjective appropriate, ethical, exemplary, innocent …

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  • 124right of action — noun the legal right to sue • Hypernyms: ↑right * * * 1. : a right to begin and prosecute an action in the courts (as for the purpose of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong) 2. : chose in action 1 …

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  • 125right-minded — adjective a) Sane, clear thinking. Right minded people do not throw away their lives because trivial insults occur. b) In moral agreement with a position. Surely all right minded people agree that bigamy is wrong …

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  • 126right away — immediately. She wanted to leave right away and not wait for her sister. You could tell right away that something was wrong …

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  • 127wrong — I. a. 1. Unjust, inequitable, unfair, wrongful. 2. Bad, wicked, evil, improper, immoral, sinful, iniquitous, blameworthy, guilty, vicious. 3. Unfit, inapposite, inappropriate, unsuitable, improper. 4. Incorrect, inaccurate, erroneous, mistaken,… …

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  • 128right — I. a. 1. Straight, direct, rectilinear, not crooked. 2. Upright, erect, not oblique, perpendicular. 3. Just, lawful, equitable, fair, rightful, honest, in accordance with duty, unswerving, upright. 4. Fit, suitable, seemly, proper, becoming,… …

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