rightful

right·ful (r

adj.

1. Right or proper; just.

2. Having a just or proper claim: Return this dog to its rightful owner.

3. Held or owned by just or proper claim: This land is my rightful property.

rightful·ly adv.

rightful·ness n.

rightful [ˈraɪtfʊl]

adj

1. in accordance with what is right; proper or just

2. (prenominal) having a legally or morally just claim the rightful owner

3. (prenominal) held by virtue of a legal or just claim my rightful property

rightfully adv

rightfulness n

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Adj.	1.	rightful - legally valid; "a rightful inheritance" just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"
	2.	rightful - having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king" lawful, true legitimate - of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

rightful

adjective lawful, just, real, true, due, legal, suitable, proper, valid, legitimate, authorized, bona fide, de jure The car must be returned to its rightful owner.

Translations

rightful [ˈraɪtfʊl] ADJ [owner, heir to throne] → legítimo
rightful claimant → derechohabiente mf

rightful [ˈraɪtfʊl] adj [heir] → légitime; [owner] → légitime
to take his rightful place → prendre la place qui lui revient
to regain our rightful place → reprendre la place qui nous revient

rightful

adj

heir, owner, inheritance, role, place → rechtmäßig; their rightful share → ihr rechtmäßiger Anteil, der ihnen zustehende Anteil

punishment → gerecht

rightful [ˈraɪtfʊl] adj (heir) → legittimo/a

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apanage
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belong
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Deforciant
deserved
disseisin
disseizin
inordinate
insurance claim
lawful
merited
mesne
rightfully
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"The Emperor Alexander," said she, with the melancholy which always accompanied any reference of hers to the Imperial family, "has declared that he will leave it to the French people themselves to choose their own form of government; and I believe that once free from the usurper, the whole nation will certainly throw itself into the arms of its rightful king," she concluded, trying to be amiable to the royalist emigrant.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.

Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context

That was why the people were so glad to see you, and why they thought from your initials that you were their rightful ruler.

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

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