rightful owner

collocation in English

meaningsofrightfulandowner

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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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owner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nər/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofrightfulandownerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrightful owner

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And of course, whatever is produced by a commodity belongs to therightfulownerof this commodity.
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So the three stolen jewels were duly handed over to the milk-seller and returned to therightfulowner.
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John, however, was not therightfulownerof the trees, seeds, or sticks in our original scenarios.
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Is it unreasonable to suggest that the person illegally occupying someone else's house should make to therightfulownersome compensation for it?
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That, therefore, gives rise to contention as to who should be therightfulownerof the bridge after reconstruction.
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Once the articles are sold abroad it is very difficult for them to be recovered by theirrightfulownerin this country.
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They use them to protect themselves against therightfulownerwho wishes to re-obtain his own property.
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They will know what has been stolen or what is hot, and what can be recovered and returned to itsrightfulowner.
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Such information is useful in enabling the police to return recovered stolen property to itsrightfulowner.
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Those documents should be returned to theirrightfulownerand it is right to invoke the criminal law in respect of such material.
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On the face of it, the amendment would strengthen the position of therightfulownerof the information—the employer who had the information.
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Ultimately, therightfulownerof a piece of land or home should be able to decide what they want to happen.
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Somebody comes round who is a friend of therightfulowner.
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Therightfulownercan himself register.
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Once a winning ticket has been paid, however, it is much more difficult to determine whether another individual was therightfulowner.
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The first types of sale is resolved without dispute because the possessor returns the possession to therightfulowner.
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Therightfulownershall have their possession returned to them; if taken or used.
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One day, the queen saw a man steal a packsaddle and quarrel with therightfulowner.
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This was necessary, as the fan is only told to work when in hands of itsrightfulowner.
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