as a matter of right

Death penalty appeals are taken as a matter of right.

The nation's railroads also intervened as a matter of right.

It holds that democracy and human development are matters of right.

It is a plain matter of right and wrong.

A man not overly bothered about matters of right and wrong.

"Nor, I might add, do we extradite to other states as a matter of right."

The developer should not be able to construct that additional floor as a matter of right.

Every man is a proprietor in society, and draws on the capital as a matter of right.

An appeal in a proper case is a matter of right.

It isn't a matter of right at all, but of ability.