It would also have given a male heir an indisputable claim to the throne.
It is your need that gives you a claim to rewards.
What does give the Tuileries a special claim to silence is its location.
The marriage unified the warring houses and gave his children a strong claim to the throne.
And he looked inward rather than outward, which is what gives him a claim on our attention.
His little history was associated with the old house too, and gave it a new claim and hold upon her heart.
It gave the doctor a certain claim on them, and they on him.
It gave her a very strong claim on my goodwill.
General leave was given by the Admiralty, usually though not only in particular circumstances which gave men a strong claim to expect it.
From their perspective, simply wanting an item badly enough gives them a claim to it.