unenumerated right

noun

unenumerated right

noun
1

Government, 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.

Related terms
constitutional right, right, traditional right

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