have no business

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have no business

verb has no business · having no business · had no business

To not have a right or privilege to do something. We take this step not because this Court's criminal procedure rulings are somehow unimportant.... Instead, we abandon Teague's test because it poses a question this Court has no business asking.
To not have a right or privilege to be in a certain place. 'You have no business being here. You need to go back to the office and sign in. Go down this hall,' he said, pointing, 'and turn right, down the stairs, and then right again.' He ushered her out the door.

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@misc{have_no_business_2026,
  title = {have no business},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/have%20no%20business},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}