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by FJim 5073 days ago
Certain rights can be signed away. A right that cannot be given up, even willingly, is called an 'inalienable' right.

Thus in most of the world today, you cannot willingly sell yourself into slavery.

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Exactly.

But many of these rights (eg, the right to carry arms, the right to enter into contracts, etc) are limited to adults.