Definition of In his own right

1. Adverb. By reason of one's own ability or ownership etc.. "An excellent novel in its own right"


Lexicographical Neighbors of In His Own Right

in good time
in great confusion
in gross
in hand
in hand(p)
in harmony
in haste
in heat
in heaven's name
in height(p)
in her own right
in her right mind(p)
in hiding
in high dudgeon
in high spirits
in his own right (current term)
in his right mind(p)
in hospital
in hot pursuit
in house
in infinite
in infinitum
in irons
in its infancy
in its own right
in jail
in jest
in kind
in labor(p)
in large quantities

Literary usage of In his own right

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Suit by TJ Ferrell, in his own right and as guardian of his minor children. Fannie M. Ferrell, his wife, and others, against С. Н. ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"... in the absence of an elder brother, Giovan- francesco, and in 1600 he became a senator in his own right. He died at Florence on 18 Feb. 1612. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"(2) Where the plaintiff brings an action in his own right, he need not name himself executor or administrator, or make profert of the letters testamentary ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery During by Thomas Jodrell Phillips, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham (1847)
"... be recollected that in the Courts of common law which are governed by the statute, a Defendant is not allowed, even when defending in his own right, ..."

5. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1823)
"As where a bail bond is assigned to an administrator, as administrator, he shall sue as administrator, and not in his own right ; here the old bond, ..."

6. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1885)
"... the said Charles Dewey, in his own right, Samuel Palmer in his own right, and the said Benjamin Taylor in his own right, John Rust and Mary his wife, ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"... in his own right, and as Assignee of the estate and effects of the mercantile house heretofore trading under the linn of CARNOCHAN ..."

8. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"4 Title to property held in autre droit does not pass to the husband in his own right on his marriage with the executrix, although by the marriage he ..."

9. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Suit by TJ Ferrell, in his own right and as guardian of his minor children. Fannie M. Ferrell, his wife, and others, against С. Н. ..."

10. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"... in the absence of an elder brother, Giovan- francesco, and in 1600 he became a senator in his own right. He died at Florence on 18 Feb. 1612. ..."

11. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"(2) Where the plaintiff brings an action in his own right, he need not name himself executor or administrator, or make profert of the letters testamentary ..."

12. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery During by Thomas Jodrell Phillips, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham (1847)
"... be recollected that in the Courts of common law which are governed by the statute, a Defendant is not allowed, even when defending in his own right, ..."

13. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1823)
"As where a bail bond is assigned to an administrator, as administrator, he shall sue as administrator, and not in his own right ; here the old bond, ..."

14. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1885)
"... the said Charles Dewey, in his own right, Samuel Palmer in his own right, and the said Benjamin Taylor in his own right, John Rust and Mary his wife, ..."

15. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"... in his own right, and as Assignee of the estate and effects of the mercantile house heretofore trading under the linn of CARNOCHAN ..."

16. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"4 Title to property held in autre droit does not pass to the husband in his own right on his marriage with the executrix, although by the marriage he ..."

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