rightful

adjective8 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.0

The position, level, or role that is appropriate or deserved.

The person who legally owns something.

Refers to the person legally entitled to inherit property or a rank.

Refers to the person who has a legal or moral right to a job, position, or title after someone else.

The money, property, etc., that you are legally entitled to receive from someone when they die.

The person who is the legal and accepted leader of a country.

The man who is the legal and accepted monarch.

The woman who is the legal and accepted monarch.