Sentence examples for right of possessing from inspiring English sources

The Oxford dictionary defines 'ownership' as "the act, state, or right of possessing something".

However, many children left behind all over the world seem to get their right of possessing healthy physical and psycho-social status overlooked.

Another example of how this belief of religious theodicy influences class, is that those of lower status, the poor, cling to deep religiousness and faith as a way to comfort themselves and provide hope for a more prosperous future, while those of higher status cling to the sacraments or actions that prove their right of possessing greater wealth.

Nonetheless, the fiction had real functional significance, since it enabled relatives to recover damages upon commercial and noncommercial interferences, and located the middle-level principle motivating this right in the idea of possessing the corpse.

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Mr. Huang, a well-known blogger and civil rights campaigner, is accused of possessing state secrets, which carries a sentence of five years to life.

Individual rights are subject to innumerable disputes, but virtually no-one denies that individuals, as persons or in other capacities, are capable of possessing rights.

"Inherent in the logic of a right to possess firearms for the purpose of resisting a perceived threat of governmental tyranny is that, to some point, individuals are entitled to take the next step and use violence if the government refuses to yield," the brief stated.

Coincidentally, Oxford's press conference came just days after a U.K. court found animal-rights activist Mel Broughton not guilty of possessing an explosive substance with intent to damage the facility.

Having such a status indicates that one is "capable of possessing international rights and duties and endowed with the capacity to take certain types of actions on the international plane".

The father who recently shot an intruder outside his son's bedroom (NYC column, Feb. 7) deserves to be a catalyst for reconsideration of the right to possess a gun legally.