property rights
nounUK /ˈprɒpəti raɪts/
US /ˈprɑːpərti raɪts/
Property rights are the rules that say who owns something and how they can use it.
The law protects people's property rights so no one can take their things without permission.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The legal ability to control and use a piece of land or a building.
The family exercised their property rights by building a fence around the yard.
3. The rights an author or inventor has over their creative work or invention.
She registered her property rights over the song so others could not copy it.
4. The rights a person has over things they own, like a car or a phone.
When the car was stolen, he reported it to the police to protect his property rights.