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• Letters patent — are a type of legal instrument in the form of an open letter issued by a monarch or government, granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or to some entity such as a corporation. The opposite of letters patent (Lat.… …   Wikipedia

• Letters Patent — von Queen Victoria Letters Patent (lat.: litterae patentes)[1] (deutsch: offener Brief) bezeichnet im englischen Sprachraum ein Dokument, über welches ein Herrscher oder eine entsprechend autorisierte Institution …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• letters patent — An instrument issued by a government that conveys a right or title to a private individual or organization, including conveyances of land and inventions. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. letters patent …   Law dictionary

• letters patent — 1> жалованная грамота (о возведении в графское достоинство и т. п.) …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• Letters patent — Letter Let ter, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Letters Patent — A legal instrument that grants the exclusive rights of an invention to an individual or a corporation. A letters patent is granted by the government to an individual, giving him or her the rights to authorship or to a patent for a new invention… …   Investment dictionary

• Letters Patent — These were royal letters, sent open with a seal and pendant attached. Their contents were not considered to be secret. Such letters authorised an action or instructed e.g. a sheriff to act. They date from 1201. [patent < Lat. pateo = open] …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• letters patent — патентная грамота жалованная грамота (о возведении в графское достоинство и т. п.) …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• letters patent — noun plural Date: 14th century a writing (as from a sovereign) that confers on a designated person a grant in a form open for public inspection …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• letters patent — Law. a written or printed instrument issued by a sovereign power, conferring upon a patentee some right, as the exclusive right to land or the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention for a limited time. [1350 1400; ME] * * * …   Universalium