as of right
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English[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- (law) By virtue of an entitlement or authority which arises from certain legal conditions or circumstances; by operation of law.
- He may appeal the ruling as of right.
- Parliament shall sit as of right.
- The Constitutional Council shall, as of right, carry out such an examination.
- 2023 June 10, Tim Hayward, “The pie's the limit”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 2:
- But we have been educated, by a warped system, to believe that food is cheap as of right. That is why many of us are now suffering sticker shock when we eat out.
Usage notes[edit]
The term describes the situation in which someone can do something by himself or without having to obtain permission from anyone else, in so far as certain legal requirements are satisfied.
For example, in some jurisdictions, appeals may be discretionary or as of right. If an appeal is discretionary, an appellate body may can choose to allow or not to allow it. But if it is as of right, the appellate body is obliged to hear it as long as relevant criteria are met. Or when a judicial body conducts a procedural act as of right, the judicial body conducts the act on its own impulse as permitted by some legal provisions.
Translations[edit]
by virtue of an entitlement or authority which arises from certain legal conditions or circumstances