日にっ照しょう権けん

noun

right to sunlight; right to light

Legal right ensuring that a building's access to sunlight is not unreasonably blocked by new construction. Often discussed in zoning and property disputes.

• 新あたらしいマンションが建たつと、日にっ照しょう権けんが侵しん害がいされる可か能のう性せいがある。

  If a new apartment building is constructed, there is a possibility that our right to sunlight will be infringed.

• 日にっ照しょう権けんを守まもるために、住じゅう民みんが訴そ訟しょうを起おこした。

  Residents filed a lawsuit to protect their right to sunlight.