Then this ship must be surrendered to those who rightfully claim her.

Only the author or those deriving their rights through the author can rightfully claim copyright.

It was only after the funeral ale that the heirs could rightfully claim their inheritance.

The issue is said to be whether God can rightfully claim to be sovereign of the universe.

But no one denomination can rightfully claim that it is the only one.

Little Johann, being the first, rightfully claimed pride of place.

"Everybody," he asserted, "can rightfully claim they have been ripped off."

And if they bore fruit, she would rightfully claim credit.

But there were some smaller things that a son could rightfully claim, and no one could deny him those.

In all, Miles can rightfully claim to have been involved in the sale of over 150 million albums.