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c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7495 A nywe louerd þat more in riȝte [B.v.r. in more ryȝt] was.

1461–2 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1461 §15. m. 5 To any other men of religion, havyng any chirche, hospitall or chapell..of the yifte or graunte of any of the kynges in dede and not in right.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xix. 123 Nor doth it follow that he hath the best in right, who hath the best in fight.

1737 Treat. Equity iv. 35 And it is a common Maxim, that he, who has the Precedency in Time, has the Advantage in Right.

1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. i. 26 Perhaps we are so, in fact, whatever it may be in right—but there is a law, and a law maker, that rule across the whole continent.

1981 Double Tressure No. 3. 32 In Scotland, as on the Continent, the same individual may be in right to more than one coat of arms.