1.   After Decades of colonial rule, the land was finally restored to its rightful owners.

2.   In addition, art thefts are likely to be pursued by their rightful owners for well over twenty years.

3.   Since the end of the war, many of the paintings have been found and returned to their rightful owners.

4.   The presidential agreement specified that properties unjustly confiscated be returned to their rightful owners, or the owners be compensated if this was no longer possible.

5.   The Campbell dug out the bogus grenade and handed it back to its rightful owner.

6.   The thief is the rightful owner of the jewels who wants to get them back in order to free the prisoners in the castle.

7.   A YOUNG parrot has been rescued from a pet shop by its rightful owner.

8.   After a few days its rightful owner came to collect it and informed her that it was in fact a ferret.

9.   Although some were returned to their rightful owners, many were unclaimed and remained at the banks, according to the study.

10.   And the postwar Austrian government most often prevented rightful owners from reclaiming them.