hereditary right

Even if we pass the law on hereditary rights for the land, this will not help.

The council did not concede any hereditary right to the king, however.

Appointments were now based on merit instead of hereditary rights.

The peasant was even better off if he held his land permanently, by hereditary right.

"First, let me speak concerning the matter of hereditary rights.

That gesture was seldom used, and never by those who did not have the hereditary right.

He came from one of the great Whig families and spent his life in public service, almost as a hereditary right.

The next day, Richard advanced his claim to the crown by hereditary right, in proper form.

Through Mary and her family connections he had the hereditary right to be a mico.

I have one vote, by hereditary right, in the Patricians, and it is limited to federal matters.

In turn, the zamindars were given a hereditary right to collect a share of the produce.

All the dukes are a little crazy about their hereditary rights.'

"She said she has the hereditary right to visit her own lands and home.

You get all you need as a matter of a hereditary right, a common right.

Henry's main inheritance is of course not subject to my father's will, nor are the hereditary rights of property.

What things could I not have done with his hereditary rights, had I possessed them?

"You are a Scotchman, sir; a gentleman of your country must stand up for hereditary right," cried one party.

In fact, though, there's lots of nobles with the hereditary right to fight their enemies even on palace grounds.

Although membership in the noble class was mainly passed down though hereditary rights, it was not a closed order.

All of which, and its attendant power, went to the urban patricians, not to the landowners who should have it, by ancient hereditary right.

Over time, however, the arbitrary power of the Crown was fettered by the principles of hereditary right.

These efforts were successful, for in the end, the Waldgrave acknowledged young Agnes's hereditary rights.

However, they selected and replaced the emperor as they saw fit, having the hereditary right to appoint many of the top government officials.

Access is still by hereditary right.

Brechdan saluted it, as was his hereditary right.