รักษาสิทธิ์ anybody know the meaning?? I have been trying to find out....but my thai friends can`t explain it well in english..

Please help its killing me! something to do with ticket? or something??

Cheers andY~

Literally meaning protecting right.

รักษา Rak Sah can be mean as healin', protecting, saving

สิทธิ์ - right

Anyway hope i can help you understand it since my English is not that great.

Unfortunalety my English is also not great so I am not sure to find the right expressions.

รักษาสิทธิ์ is for instance the title of a song, in this song we repeatedly find "ขอรักษาสิทธิ์...". The singer wants to say, "whether you love me or not, I claim (or demand) the right to love you". I think ขอรักษาสิทธิ์ means "to claim one's right" or "to demand one's right"

Please correct me if I am wrong...

Erwin

I can't say I've heard the expression before myself but 'reserve the right' would be the English translation I believe.

I don't know the OP's context but I often hear this phrase in relation to voting, "preserving the right to vote", "taking advantage of the right to vote" or simply "voting"

Thank you withnail, "reserve" was the verb I was looking for... but only "to claim" and "to demand" came to my mind...

I believe that the Thai term used in legal contracts is "สงวนสิทธิ์" for "to reserve the right (to)". Domnern Sathienpong does not have a dictionary entry for "รักษาสิทธิ์" but does for "สงวนสิทธิ์".

“ขอสงวนสิทธิ์ ทุกประการ” means "all rights reserved"

From the Maersk website:

"เราขอสงวนสิทธิ์ในการยกเลิกรายการ . . . " - "We reserve the right to terminate the program . . ."

I believe that the Thai term used in legal contracts is "สงวนสิทธิ์" for "to reserve the right (to)". Domnern Sathienpong does not have a dictionary entry for "รักษาสิทธิ์" but does for "สงวนสิทธิ์".

"ขอสงวนสิทธิ์ ทุกประการ" means "all rights reserved"

From the Maersk website:

"เราขอสงวนสิทธิ์ในการยกเลิกรายการ . . . " - "We reserve the right to terminate the program . . ."

What a coincidence in today's post Immigration uses it in connection with re-entry permit by which instrument 'preserves your right to keep the long term visa when you leave the country.

thank you for all the great responses