Usage of "first claim"

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Usage of first claim in English

The government argues that the youngsters should first claim asylum in France. 
 The Guardian 

You boys have a first claim on us wherever you find us. 
 The Killer 

Next to your happiness, Fanny, his has the first claim on me. 
 Mansfield Park 

The first claim will be made within the next seven days. 
 The Irish Times 

The Queen of England has first claim on the duty of her subjects. 
 Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Volume 3 

You, by the bye, have the first claim on our hospitality. 
 Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement 

I answered: 'My fatherland has always the first claim on me.' 
 Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words 

I don't speak of your mother, who has the first claim upon you. 
 Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 

We couldn't have paid him without going broke, and wages have first claim. 
 The Girl from Keller's 

Dame Tremblay had the first claim, however, upon this singular visitor. 
 The Golden Dog 

But you wouldn't think you had first claim to the post? 
 The Lure of the North 

The bondholders had the first claim on the entire property. 
 A Little Journey in the World 

Let us think of our family, William; they have the first claim upon us. 
 Words for the Wise 

If any single power was to intervene, manifestly the first claim was upon France. 
 The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History 

However, Father and Mother have first claim on my vacation. 
 Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College 

She was the nearest relation; hers was the first claim! 
 The Fortunes of the Farrells 

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Meanings of first claim in English