"letter patent" meaning in All languages combined

See letter patent on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: letters patent [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|letters patent}} letter patent (plural letters patent)
  1. (law) Rare form of letters patent (“a type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority granting a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization”). Tags: form-of, rare Form of: letters patent (extra: a type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority granting a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization) Categories (topical): Law

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