: a legal right or interest in or against specific property
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Some proposals have stalled amid broader legislative priorities, while others have raised questions about property rights and due process.—
Max Grinstein,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2026 In 1991, Ronald Coase won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on transaction costs and property rights, including his foundational question of why companies exist at all.—
Dreen Yang,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026 Gaspar Perricone is a former Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioner and a member of the Colorado Water Conservation Alliance, which champions private property rights and supports the current framework.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
1 July 2026 Six years later, the legal, political and cultural fallout from that moment continues to reverberate through debates over self-defense, private property rights, public protest and prosecutorial power.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for property right