prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright.
immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested
right.
sanction, authority, warranty, charter; warrant &c (permission)
760; constitution &c (law) 963; tenure; bond &c (security) 771.
claimant, appellant; plaintiff &c 938.
V. be due &c adj.. to, be the due &c n.. of; have right to, have title
to, have claim to; be entitled to; have a claim upon; belong to &c
(property) 780.
deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve.
demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for;
revendicate†, reclaim; exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take
one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume,
arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a
right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case.
give a right, confer a right; entitle; authorize &c 760; sanctify,
legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot.
give every one his due &c 922; pay one's dues; have one's due,
have one's rights.
use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under
contribution.
Adj. having a right to &c v.; entitled to; claiming; deserving,
meriting, worthy of.
privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized; ordained,
prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised.
prescriptive, presumptive; absolute, indefeasible; unalienable,
inalienable; imprescriptible†, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged;
sacrosanct.
due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved.
allowable &c (permitted) 760; lawful, licit, legitimate, legal;
legalized &c (law) 963.
square, unexceptionable, right; equitable &c 922; due, en r gle;
fit, fitting; correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly;
decorous; creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet; just the
thing, quite the thing; selon les r gles [Fr.].
Adv. duly, ex officio, de jure [Lat.]; by right, by divine right; jure
divino [Lat.], Dei gratia [Lat.], in the name of.
Phr. civis Romanus sum [Lat.] [Cicero]; à chaque saint sa chandelle
[Fr.].