by rights

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by rights

/baɪ ˈɹaits/ US, UK

Rhymes with -aɪts

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alternative Alternative form of by right Well, whether the gentlemen really do deprive us of any little matters which ought to be ours by rights, I cannot say for certain; but the opinion of the old ones is they do.

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@misc{by_rights_2026,
  title = {by rights},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/by%20rights},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}