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De jure

By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto.

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Legal 66% connected

Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim…

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Legally 92% connected

In a legal manner.

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De facto 94% connected

Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

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De facto 94% connected

Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

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Affirmative noun · 78% connection

That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the p…

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Anti-federalist noun · 78% connection

One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution o…

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Bigot noun · 78% connection

A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or d…

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Body noun · 78% connection

The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.

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Civil right noun · 78% connection

right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed…

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Claim v./. · 78% connection

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

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Common noun · 78% connection

The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the comm…

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Copyright noun · 78% connection

The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other pe…

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Daylight noun · 78% connection

The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

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Dexter adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.

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Dextral adjective · 78% connection

Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.

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Dextrality noun · 78% connection

The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness.

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Divine right noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

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Divine right of kings noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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Exclusive right noun · 78% connection

a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogativ…

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Gee verb · 78% connection

To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most f…

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