rightful heir

collocation in English

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rightful
adjective
uk
/ˈraɪt.fəl/us
/ˈraɪt.fəl/
A rightful position or claim is one that is morally or ...
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heir
noun
uk
/eər/us
/er/
a person who will legally receive money, property, or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that other ...
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(Definition ofrightfulandheirfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is obviously a bad reason because naturally one would thereby defraud therightfulheir.
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He declared that suchrightfulheirwould be invested with his patrimony upon coming of age.
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Therefore, he was viewed by some as therightfulheir.
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By the book's end, the child has realized that she is the couple's daughter, and therefore, therightfulheirto the throne.
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With his long-standing familial ties in the region, many bishops and counts recognized him as therightfulheirto the throne.
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She has the ability to use the winds for her attacks and feels she is therightfulheirto the throne.
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The book quickly concerns itself with finding therightfulheirto the crown of the city.
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Therightfulheirwill be the oldest of the remaining sons.
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In 1930, he declared himself therightfulheirto the crown as pretender to the throne.
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John, who believed his brother to be the better man andrightfulheir, decided to balance business needs with humanitarian goals.
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Cuthwine, then twenty-seven, was a commander in the fateful battle; but upon defeat, as therightfulheirto the throne, he fled the place along with his young sons.
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A search of her lodgings yielded a series of bizarre and clearly delusory letters in which she claimed to be therightfulheirto the throne.
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Since the rightful heirs were protected by law, all of the children of those retiring had to be asked whether they wished to join in contributing to the parents' pension.
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Albany transferred the regency to his son; but, nineteen years afterwards, therightfulheirreturned, and the usurper expiated his own and his father's guilt on the scaffold.
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David is allowed to stay, and soon discovers evidence that his father may have been older than his uncle, thus making himself therightfulheirto the estate.
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It may be all too easy to make a bogus claim and difficult for the rightful heirs to rebut it.
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During the interim, the kingdom would be ruled by one of "the most rightful heirs" as regent.
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Both sets of children from each marriage considered themselves rightful heirs to the throne, which constituted considerable future conflict.
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His father and elder brother were both left-handed, and therefore could not be considered rightful heirs, because the left hand was seen as unclean.
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