单词 | by right of |
释义 | > as lemmasby right of (c) by right of: by virtue of, on the grounds of; †through the legal entitlement of (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > by right [phrase] with (also mid) righteOE by (good, etc.) rightc1330 of righta1425 by right ofc1434 in right of1439 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [preposition] > by right of by right ofc1434 in right of1439 c1434 Petition (P.R.O.) 336.15865 (MED) He was pesible ceised in a manoir..with certeyn londes and tenementz..be right of his wyfe, the wheche hadde ioynt estate with her former husbond. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 351 (MED) Þe wijf ȝeuyþ hir fleisch to her husbonde in al þat he may aske þerynne bi riȝt of wedlok. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 5v O suster, O my louying spowse..Whome Nature fyrst by right of byrthe hath lynked too mee fast In that we brothers chyldren bene. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. 48 To you th' inheritance belonges by right Of brothers prayse, to you eke longes his love. 1611 Bible (King James) Tobit iii. 17 She belongeth to Tobias by right of inheritance. View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. 125 One that was, by Right of Nature, to Inherit all..exclusive..of his brethren. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xi. 320 He disdained to hold his power by any other title than that of the sword, and governed by right of conquest. 1789 W. Cowper On Queen's Visit to London 3 By right of worth, not blood alone, Entitled here to reign! 1842 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 149 Hers by right of full-accomplish'd Fate. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ii. 36 Pack up the Englishman's plate-chest, which we inherited by right of fist. 1909 H. James Golden Bowl I. Pref. p. v The somebody is often..an unnamed, unintroduced and (save by right of intrinsic wit) unwarranted participant. 1959 Observer 1 Mar. 10/1 This ‘manor’—a tenement neighbourhood in North London—is theirs by right of birth and conquest. 2003 D. H. Moy Living Trusts xvii. 384 In her will, Zella gives her residuary estate in equal shares to her sister, Laura, her brother, Earl, and her sister, Ina Mae, or their respective surviving children by right of representation. < as lemmas |
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