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LETTERS PATENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does letters patent mean?
• LETTERS PATENT (noun)
The noun LETTERS PATENT has 1 sense:
1. an official document granting a right or privilege
Familiarity information: LETTERS PATENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An official document granting a right or privilege
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
letters patent; patent
Hypernyms ("letters patent" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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