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Definition of Righto
1. used to express cheerful consent [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Righto
Literary usage of Righto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The one distinction drawn is that between freeman and villain, and even the
villain has righto which the Charter protects. It ordains nothing new, ..."
2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"... How Stephen archbishop of Canterbury demanded tlie righto of the charter from
the king. AD 1223. At Christmas king Henry held his ..."
3. The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter (1827)
"... our friend's righto are too undisputed for that : and all I should dread by
a premature discovery of his being in Scotland, would be secret machinations ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Water Rights as the Same is Formulated and Applied by John Norton Pomeroy, Henry Campbell Black (1893)
"LITTORAL righto [By the Editor] 8 238. "Tide-lands" defined. 284. Meaning of the
terms "shore" and "beach. " 285. High and low water mark. 236. ..."
5. A Summary of the Law of Public Corporations by Howard Strickland Abbott (1908)
"... AM) righto. § 378. Public officers ; their powers and authority. The source
of official power as possessed by public officers and employes must be found ..."
6. Cases Decided on the British North America Act 1867, in the Privy Council by John Robison Cartwright, Canada Supreme Court (1882)
"In fact, the words "in the Province," following the enumeration of the powers
given over civil righto, and the organization of ..."
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