单词 | as of right |
释义 | > as lemmasas of right (a) as of right: by virtue of legal or moral entitlement. Cf. of right at Phrases 2a(h). ΚΠ 1624 T. Gataker Christian Constancy 27 Nor can wee claime ought as of right from him for all that we doe for him. 1700 C. Leslie Ess. Right of Tythes ix. 112 Now if the Gospel has nothing as of Right, which it can Claim. 1784 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations (ed. 3) III. v. iii. 136 Administration laid claim to their territorial acquisitions, and the revenue arising from them, as of right belonging to the crown. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §4. 791 While England repelled the claims of the Prince of Wales to the Regency as of right, Ireland admitted them. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) ii. §7. 33 Eggs at unusual times, the reboiling of milk, the rejection of an excellent milk pudding..dictated as of right. 1944 Blackwood's Mag. June 453/2 Invitations were sent as of right to European officers, but not to Indian officers of equal rank. 2005 New Statesman 7 Mar. 29/1 Semi-sentient bloodstock from the aristocratic classes form part of the legislature as of right. < as lemmas |
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