within rights

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*within one's rights

acting legally in one's own interest. (*Typically: be ~; act ~.) I know I am within my rights when I make this request. You are not within your rights!

See also: right, within

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42) Notice, however, how the doctrinal elaboration of rights within rights undermines the idea of property as exclusive possession. Canons of property talk, or, Blackstone's anxiety by Rose, Carol M. / Yale Law Journal ``But it was within rights of knowing what I do and what my voice brings. WILLIAMS GRANTS DISNEY'S LATEST `ALADDIN' WISH by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			with the naked eye With whom do you wish to speak? With you in a minute withdraw withdraw from withdraw into withdraw into oneself wither wither away wither on the vine wither up withhold from within within a stone's throw within a whisker of within an ace of within an inch of life within earshot within grasp within hailing distance within limits within means within range within reach within reason within rights within striking distance within walking distance without without a backward glance without a by your leave without a doubt without a hitch without a murmur without a second thought without a shadow of a doubt without batting an eye without fail without further ado without half trying without missing a beat without question without rhyme or reason without so much as a by-your-leave without so much as doing witness witness for witness to wives wobble about woe			within distance within earshot within epsilon of Within Functional Limits Within Grade Within Grade Increase within grasp within hailing distance within limits within living memory within living memory within living memory within living memory within means within means within means within means Within Normal Limits Within Normal Limits Within Pair Young within range within reach within reach within reach within reach within reach within reason within reason within reason within reason within rights Within Sentence within shouting distance within shouting distance close enough to hear Within Sibship Paired Resampling within sight within sight within sight within sight within sight of within sights within sights within sights within sights within spitting distance within spitting distance within spitting distance within spitting distance within spitting distance within striking distance within the bounds of possiblity within the law Within the Pale Within the Pale Within the Pale Within the Pale within the range of possibility Within the Statute Within Vessel's Natural Segregation Within Visual Range Within Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile

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