单词	letters patent
释义	letters patent plural noun : a writing (as from a sovereign) that confers on a designated person a grant in a form open for public inspection Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web During the trip, Charles is scheduled to unveil a new eco-friendly train named after Amess and to deliver letters patent to Mayor Margaret Borton, officially designating Southend as a city—the 52nd in all of England. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 25 Feb. 2022 When the title was granted to Philip, a letters patent was issued by the king, stating that the title would one day be inherited by the duke’s eldest son, Prince Charles — also next in line to the British throne. Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2021 Inside that leather tube were letters patent—the official documents, issued by the monarch, granting her father his title as Viscount Long. Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020 According to King George V’s 1917 letters patent, the oldest son of the Prince of Wales’s oldest son (so Prince George) is entitled to be styled His Royal Highness and a prince. Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 18 Apr. 2019 While Charles received the title in 1968 via letters patent, his formal investiture would not take place until the follow year. Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2019 However, Queen issued a special letters patent to include daughters of the Prince of Wales's eldest son ahead of her birth. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2018 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above Legal Definition letters patent see letter sense 2
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