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-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]+In jurisprudence and law, a '''right''' is the legal or moral [[entitlement]] to do or refrain from doing something or to obtain or refrain from obtaining an action, thing or recognition in [[civil society]]. Compare with [[privilege]], or a thing to which one has a just claim. Rights serve as rules of interaction between people, and, as such, they place constraints and obligations upon the actions of individuals or groups (for example, if one has a [[right to life]], this means that others do not have the liberty to murder him).{{GFDL}}

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In jurisprudence and law, a right is the legal or moral entitlement to do or refrain from doing something or to obtain or refrain from obtaining an action, thing or recognition in civil society. Compare with privilege, or a thing to which one has a just claim. Rights serve as rules of interaction between people, and, as such, they place constraints and obligations upon the actions of individuals or groups (for example, if one has a right to life, this means that others do not have the liberty to murder him).



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