NOUN | communication | letters patent, patent | an official document granting a right or privilege |
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Meaning | An official document granting a right or privilege. | |
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Synonym | patent | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
Spanish | patente | |
Catalan | carta patent, patent |
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