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1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §14. m. 30 Castelles, lordships, maners, [etc.]..in the possession of the same Richard and Anne his wyfe, as in the right of the same Anne.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 48 The castell of Douer, wherof the kinges maiesty is verye owner in the right of the imperial crowne of this his realme.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 53 Wherefore king Henry hauyng now maryed the sayde Alianor claymed as in her right the Erledome of Tholose.

1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. f. 49 Where the husband is seised of a Seignorie in the right of his wife, a man may not make conusans as baily to the husband, but as bayly to them both.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §100. 44 An assignee..is such a person who doth occupie in his own right; and a deputie such a person who doth occupie in the right of another.

1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at Merger Where a Man hath a Term in his own Right, and the Inheritance descends to his Wife, so as he hath a Freehold in her Right; the Term is not merged or drowned.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 435 The only method he had to gain possession of it, was by suing in his wife's right.

1830 W. H. Ireland England's Topographer IV. 405 She had issue only by her second husband, Sir Reginald Braybrooke, one sole daughter and heir, Joan, who married Sir Thomas Brooke, of Somersetshire, and he became lord Cobham in her right.

1885 Law Times Rep. 53 526/1 Property which should come to the wife, or the husband in her right.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 188/2 Otto I., the German king..had formed the design of marrying her and claiming the Italian kingdom in her right.

1958 Eng. Hist. Rev. 73 232 Dingwall claimed most of the estate in the right of his wife.

2001 Burlington Mag. Mar. 157/1 He was entitled, in the right of his wife Mary Bonkil, to a share in the property.