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Definition of Exclusive right

1. Noun. A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right). "Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"

Definition of Exclusive right

1. Noun. (legal) The power, granted by the government to persons, to allow or disallow others from taking certain actions (through legal force) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exclusive Right

Literary usage of Exclusive right

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"A transfer of either the whole patent, or of an undivided part or share of that exclusive rig-fat, or oí the exclusive right under the patent in a specified ..."

2. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"... by the 9th article of which it is provided, that French subjects shall enjoy the exclusive right of fishing along the whole extent of the coasts of ..."

3. The Law of Unfair Competition and Trademarks: With Chapters on Good-will by Harry Dwight Nims (1917)
"exclusive right to a Name or Mark not Necessary to Action. — In an action for unfair competition it is not necessary that the plaintiff should have an ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1913)
"progrese of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. ..."

5. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"The term exclusive right simply means that the company has the right to exclude any other person or corporation from pursuing the same business, or, ..."

6. The Law Relating to Oil and Gas: Including Oil and Gas Leases and Contracts by William Wheeler Thornton (1904)
"And when it authorizes the licensee to dig and carry away all the ore to be found in certain lands, it does not confer an exclusive right. ..."

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