Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like. The first of these rights was once universally believed to be derived directly from the will of God; and this is still sometimes affirmed _in partibus infidelium_ outside the enlightened realms of Democracy; as the well known lines of Sir Abednego Bink, following: By what right, then, do royal rulers rule? Whose is the sanction of their state and pow'r? He surely were as stubborn as a mule Who, God unwilling, could maintain an hour His uninvited session on the throne, or air His pride securely in the Presidential chair. Whatever is is so by Right Divine; Whate'er occurs, God wills it so. Good land! It were a wondrous thing if His design A fool could baffle or a rogue withstand! If so, then God, I say (intending no offence) Is guilty of contributory negligence.

(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"

those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

of or belonging to the political or intellectual right

in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"

a human product, not a natural (although humans are part of nature) or inherent thing, for it comes from the mind

a particular kind of thing

a relation between a person and a thing, but there must be a reason for this relation

a specific type of political entity granted (in the case of the US) in the US Constitution

a very serious thing

something that is legal or the fair thing to do. Generally accepted consumer rights include the right to information, choice, safety, and to have complaints heard.