letters patent
noun[plural]
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aformaldocumentfrom aking,queen, orgovernmentthat gives someone aparticularright:
Thecoatofarmswasgrantedbyletterspatentof Edward IV.
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Titles may be created by writ of summons or byletterspatent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This type of letter contrasts with the better knownletterspatent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The answer of the defendants, among other defenses, denied infringement of theletterspatent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The cost of the final design, as illustrated on theletterspatent, ranges from $900 to $3,500.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These companies were characterized by their monopoly on trade, granted byletterspatentprovided by the state.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This process continued for three centuries, with formal procedures set out in 1561 to issueletterspatentto any new industry, allowing monopolies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A grant of arms is typically contained inletterspatentwhich provide self-contained proof, upon production of theletterspatent, of the right conferred.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The texts ofletterspatentwere copied onto sheets of parchment, which were stitched together into long rolls to form a roll for each year.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The originalletterspatentwhich created the title determine the order of succession.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Letterspatentmay state the course of descent; normally, only male heirs are allowed to succeed to the peerage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.