rightful

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Rightful Ownership: The European Court of Human Rights has found that Italy’s claims to a contested Greek statue are legitimate.

From New York Times • May 12, 2024

A 2017 NPR piece by Kevin Weeks is aptly titled "Restoring Humble Potpie to Its Rightful Place," and I couldn't agree with him more.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022

Rightful ownership of the Zealy daguerreotypes is about much more than a willingness to share them with the public.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

Rightful hero of the tour is the conductor who built up the Philadelphia Orchestra to be one of the greatest in the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was in the spring of 1833 that he published at his own expense "Justice and Expediency; or, Slavery Considered with a view to its Rightful and Effectual Remedy, Abolition."

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane