inalienable right
noun[C]
LAWukusarightthat cannot be taken away from you:
an inalienable right to sthEmployees should have aninalienablerighttoparticipateindecisionsthataffectthem.
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Right to counsel is aninalienableright, but the arresting officer need not explicitly state it to the detained.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Primacy is the claimedinalienablerightof a culturally and racially defined people to a geographical terrain, a "heartland" (a vivid expression) or homeland.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Life is a gift, not aninalienableright.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Governments have a solemn responsibility to safeguard rather than ridicule thisinalienableright.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nonetheless, such ends are far better demanded, and more effectively obtained and guarded, once they belong to everyone byinalienableright.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is a violation of the basic human right of freedom of expression and of journalistsinalienableright and duty to carry out their work in safety and without hindrance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He has an unshakable commitment to humans having aninalienablerightto stillness as part of an unwritten code of human rights.
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To have a good time is felt to be aninalienableright.
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Most people felt that children did not have aninalienablerightto inheritance from their parents.
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Aninalienablerightexisted to judge for oneself in religious matters.
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