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mineral right

mineral right noun: the right to exploit the mineral resources located on or, especially, beneath a parcel of land.

Noun

mineral right (plural mineral rights)

  1. The right to exploit the mineral resources located on or, especially, beneath a parcel of land.
    • Near-synonym: mines and minerals
    • In 1900 it was found that the stability of the viaduct was threatened by colliery workings. To overcome this, the G.W.R. obtained an Act of Parliament on August 8, 1902, authorising the purchase of all the land, mines and mineral rights within eight chains of any portion of the viaduct. This is, I...1957 November, C. R. Clinker, “Letters to the Editor: Crumlin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 805

Synonyms of mineral right

Forms of mineral right

pluralmineral rights

Questions about mineral right

What does mineral right mean?
Mineral right means the right to exploit the mineral resources located on or, especially, beneath a parcel of land.
What part of speech is mineral right?
Mineral right is a noun.
What is the plural of mineral right?
The plural of mineral right is mineral rights.

Words near mineral right in the dictionary

  1. mineral oil
  2. mineral oils
  3. mineral processing
  4. mineral railway
  5. mineral railways
  6. mineral right
  7. mineral rights
  8. mineral salt
  9. mineral salts
  10. mineral spirits
  11. mineral tar

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