rightful
/ˈɹaɪtfəl/ adjective C1- By right; by law. · rightful owner· rightful heir
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Sawyer,” I interrupted, in obedience to a sign from my companion; “it clearly belongs to your daughter, and I am glad to be able to restore it to the rightful owner.”
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
Facing an unimaginable catastrophe, the desperate couple decided they had to replace the lost jewelry without telling its rightful owner.
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