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1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §43. m. 5 Noght seised of lond or rentes.., bot in right of þeire wyves.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxxviii. sig. Nn But: in right of either part: to determin ought: What thei for their part: or you for yours should haue, Shift that among you: for it forsith me nought.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iii. sig. O3 To chalenge all in right of Florimell, And to maintaine, that she all others did excell. View more context for this quotation

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. viii. 379 Solimanbee,..who made challenge to the State in right of his wife.

1686 J. Dryden To Pious Memory A. Killigrew vi, in A. Killigrew Poems sig. a4 To the next Realm she stretcht her Sway..And the whole Fief, in right of Poetry she claim'd.

1704 in J. Swift Tale of Tub sig. A3^v I should now, in right of a Dedicator, give your Lordship a List of your own Virtues.

1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. i There is no English origin of kings... They are descendants of the Norman line in right of the Conquest.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xvi. 258 Claiming the dukedom in right of his wife.

1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain i Nought have I brought save this mine axe; in right of which once I ruled the people of the axe.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 779/1 He married Isabella, the daughter of Amalric I. by his second marriage, and became king of Jerusalem in right of his wife.

1988 J. C. K. Cornwall Wealth & Society in Early 16th Cent. Eng. iii. 112 In 1528 Underwood, as life tenant in right of his wife, transferred the property to another non-resident.

2006 Independent 23 Dec. 33/2 A woman, for instance may be a duchess in right of her husband or she may succeed to the title from her father and thus enjoy it in her own right.