rightful ownership

collocation in English

meaningsofrightfulandownership

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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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ownership
noun[U]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ.ʃɪp/
the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofrightfulandownershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrightful ownership

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The aldermen paid a great deal of attention to witness testimony and documents that provedrightfulownership, and relatively little attention to gender.
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But there appears to be a large grey area where the law is not enforced and where difficulties often arise in tracingrightfulownership.
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The latter are being examined to verify theirrightfulownership.
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It will be appreciated that processing those claims involves extensive checking of records and archives to trace and confirmrightfulownership.
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If there had been a dispute over therightfulownershipof the player, it would have been settled by sealed bidding.
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The two are contradictory in terms ofrightfulownership, inheritance, permanence, and even in the very idea of what can be owned.
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In cases whererightfulownershipcan not be distinguished between parties, it is acceptable and reasonable to split the ownership evenly.
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However, in all the three types of marriages, women have therightfulownershipof land, houses and full rights to the children born to them.
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In 1964, the farmers claimedrightfulownershipof the land and brought several civil action lawsuits against the government.
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Similarly, "auctoritas" refers torightfulownership, based on one's having produced or homesteaded the article of property in question - more in the sense of sponsored or acquired than manufactured.
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The encroachers have established poultry livestock farms by blocking streets, and by forcibly denying right of access to the residents intorightfulownershipdoors and stairs into respective properties.
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