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Entitled to

Meaning in law, with examples

phraseCommon term

In law, entitled to means: Having the legal right to have or do something, for example to receive a payment, a notice period or a share of property.

In Turkish: -e hakkı olmak, hak sahibi olmak, -e hak kazanmak

How it is used

Followed by a noun ('entitled to compensation') or a verb ('entitled to terminate'). Common in contracts, employment law and judgments. The noun 'entitlement' means what someone has a right to: 'holiday entitlement'.

Example sentences

  1. If the goods arrive late, the buyer is entitled to a 10% price reduction.

  2. The court held that she was entitled to terminate the contract immediately.

Common collocations

  • entitled to compensation
  • entitled to terminate
  • legally entitled to
  • holiday entitlement
  • rightSomething the law allows you to have or do, or allows you to demand from others, such as the right to a fair trial or the right to be paid.
  • obligationSomething that a person or organisation must do because a law, a contract or a court order requires it.
  • damagesMoney that a court orders one party to pay another as compensation for loss or harm caused by a breach of contract or another legal wrong.
  • contractAn agreement between two or more parties that the law will enforce, setting out what each side must do or give.

More terms: Rights & Obligations

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