...or with the help of a statement saying that a person performs an action. For example, place. . . . whereas X has a right or claim that Y, the other man,...himself has the privilege of entering on the land. (1923, pp. 38 f., my italics) Statements expressing rights are accordingly construed by Bentham, Austin...

...category is that of privileges or liberties, which are the negations of duties. In the example just cited, "whereas X has a right or claim that Y, the other...has the privilege of entering on the land; or, in other words, X does not have a duty to stay off."8 Correlatively, another person has no right to demand...

...others to act in a certain manner. Similarly, privileges are the correlatives of no-rights. "[Wjhereas X has a right or claim that Y, the other man, should...in equivalent words, X does not have a duty to stay off."32 If A has no duty toward B, A has a privilege to act and B has no right against A. Thus, if...

...he says, "is the opposite of a duty, and the correlative of a 'no-right.' In the example last put, whereas X has a right or claim that Y, the other man,...equivalent words, X does not have a duty to stay off" (38-39). Whatever be the situation in law, in ordinary usage I think what Hohfeld has his eye on here...