- enforceable legal right
- A right recognized by law and executed by the law, executed by force within the law where force is necessary. Shaw v Proffitt, 57 Or 192, 109 P 584.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
enforceable legal right
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