In plural. An official or legal document or set of documents addressed to a person.
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| 释义 | society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > letter or letters patent (17) lettersc1300 In plural. An official or legal document or set of documents addressed to a person. brevet1362 An official or authoritative message in writing; esp. a Papal Indulgence. Obsolete. letters patenta1387 as postmodifier. Law. letters patent n. also in 14th cent. lettre patent Originally: an open letter or document (see quot. 1891) issued by a… patentc1387 Law. A document conferring some privilege, right, office, title, or property; = letters patent n. at patent, adj. 1a. missive letter1444 missive letter n. also letter missive; plural letters missive, letters missives. A letter from a superior authority, esp. the monarch, to a… missive bill1522 Scottish missive bill n. = missive letter n. at sense A. 1. Obsolete. charter-patent1589 a letter-patent. letters overt1717 letters overt: = letters patent n. at patent, adj. 1a. Obsolete. rare. missive letter1798 missive letter n. also letter missive; plural letters missive, letters missives. U.S. In the Congregationalist Church: an official letter inviting… Subcategories:— type of letter-patent (1) — abstract of proposed letter-patent (1) — roll containing (1) — letters requesting compensation (1) — giving immunity from arrest or lawsuit (1) — letters of reprisal or marque (3) |
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