unenumerated right
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
unenumerated right (plural unenumerated rights)
- (law, politics) A legal right which is not explicitly stated, coded, written in laws or constitutions; which may be inferred to exist from other rights, or inferred from traditions that have been canonized in law court rulings.
- Synonyms: background right, nonenumerated right, non-enumerated right
- Coordinate term: enumerated right
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Further reading[edit]
- unenumerated right on Wikipedia.Wikipedia