Relative Rights
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Those to which a person is entitled in consequence of his relation with others; such as the rights of a husband in relation to his wife; of a father as to his children; of a master as to his servant; of a guardian as to his ward. In general, the superior may maintain an action for an injury committed against his relative rights. 2 Bouv. Inst, notes 2277-2296; 3 Bouv. Inst, note 3491; 4 Bouv. Inst, notes 3615-3618. See "Action."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Those to which a person is entitled in consequence of his relation with others; such as the rights of a husband in relation to his wife; of a father as to his children; of a master as to his servant; of a guardian as to his ward. In general, the superior may maintain an action for an injury committed against his relative rights.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Those rights of persons which are incident to them as members of society, and standing in various relations to each other. 1 Bl. Comm. 123. Those rights of persons in private life which arise from the civil and domestic relations. 2 Kent, Comm. 1. Relative words refer to the next antecedent, unless the sense be thereby impaired. Noy, Max. 4; Wing. Max. 19; Broom, Max. 606; Jenk. Cent 180.
Defined under Relative in Black's Law Dictionary.