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natural rights — natural rights, rights instinctively felt to be right and fair, although not prescribed by any formal agreement … Useful english dictionary
natural rights — n. moral rights, inherent rights, rights which do not require proof … English contemporary dictionary
natural rights of man — n. basic rights of an individual that no government can deny … English contemporary dictionary
natural rights — Естественные права … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
Thomas Jefferson: On Civil and Natural Rights — ▪ Primary Source Francis Walker Gilmer, a lawyer and author, was one of Jefferson s numerous correspondents in the years after 1812. In the following letter to Gilmer of June 7, 1816, Jefferson discoursed on the extent to which… … Universalium
natural law — n: a body of law or a specific principle of law that is held to be derived from nature and binding upon human society in the absence of or in addition to positive law ◇ While natural law, based on a notion of timeless order, does not receive as… … Law dictionary
natural right — n: a right considered to be conferred by natural law James Madison...distinguished natural rights, such as life and liberty, from rights that are part of the compact between citizen and government L. H. Tribe Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… … Law dictionary
natural — [nach′ər əl, nach′rəl] adj. [OFr < L naturalis, by birth, according to nature] 1. of or arising from nature; in accordance with what is found or expected in nature 2. produced or existing in nature; not artificial or manufactured 3. dealing… … English World dictionary
Natural and legal rights — Inalienable redirects here. For the 2008 film, see InAlienable. For the concept of alienation in property law, see Alienation (property law). Rights Theoretical distinctions … Wikipedia
Natural law — For other uses, see Natural law (disambiguation). Natural law, or the law of nature (Latin: lex naturalis), is any system of law which is purportedly determined by nature, and thus universal.[1] Classically, natural law refers to the use of… … Wikipedia
