- foreright
- The first or preferred right to inherit; tile right of primogeniture.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
foreright
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Foreright — Fore right , a. Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] A foreright wind. Chapman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Foreright — Fore right , adv. Right forward; onward. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foreright — I. ˈfōrˌrīt adverb Etymology: Middle English, from fore + right (adverb) now dialect England : straight ahead : directly forward II. adjective 1. dialect England … Useful english dictionary
foreright — fore·right … English syllables
-right — suffix, representing OE. riht adj. and rihte adv., which are employed as suffixes in OE. forðriht, rihte forthright, and upriht, rihte upright. A few other compounds of the same type appear first in early ME., as † adownright, † anonright,… … Useful english dictionary
