Legal Definition and Related Resources of Natural Rights

Those rights which appertain originally and essentially to each person as a human being and which are inherent in his nature as contrasted to civil rights , which are given, defined and circumscribed by such positive laws enacted by civilized communities as are necessary to the maintenance of organized government . See Sowers v Ohio civil Rights commission , 252 N.E.2d 463,20 Ohio Misc. 115. natural rights have been sometimes classified into, (1) the right of personal security ; (2) the right of personal liberty ; (3) the right to acquire and enjoy property ; (4) the right to free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship . See Blair v Ridgley, 41 Mo. 63. The term is also used to denote certain property rights such as a right to lateral support from adjoining land, which right arises from the fact that in a state of nature all land is held together and supported by adjacent lands by operation of the forces of nature. See Si me v Jensen, 7 N. W.2d 325, 213 Minn. 476.

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