Synonyms for by rights
by rights

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1. by rightsadverb

   Properly, in justice.

   The post of vice-president should, by rights, have been given to John.

   Synonyms:
   in fairness, by all rights

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1. by rights, properlyadverb

   with reason or justice

   Synonyms:
   decent, decently, in good order, the right way, properly, right

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1. Bonnie Baxter:

   I think that the cheapest solution is for the state to buy some of the farmers out of their water rights and release some of this water in the natural system, i know the farmers that I’ve talked to, they want to be part of the solution. They live here too.

2. The NAACP:

   The NAACP intends to aggressively and nimbly respond to the current climate of political unrest, as well as the assaults upon human and civil rights that threaten our very democracy, as only it can, to do so demands that the board of the NAACP ensure that organization has the right plan and the right leadership to address these 21st-century challenges.

3. Lee Merritt:

   Instead of that same resource officer who had helped before, they sent Reynaldo Contreras, the officer had a hostile demeanor and was not prepared to deal with a mental health crisis ... (the incident) continued to escalate. (Warren) was within his rights to reject the services of this law enforcement officer.

4. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn:

   It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

5. Cassie Jaye:

   When Marc Angelucci was litigating on behalf of men's issues, Marc Angelucci was still always considering the female plight and perspective, marc Angelucci was just Marc Angelucci and well-loved within the men's rights community.