Sentence examples for letter patent from inspiring English sources
noun
A type of legal document which is an open letter issued by an authority granting a right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or organization.
Piccolomini's report caused Ferdinand II to sign a letter patent (January 24) that deposed the generalissimo, replaced him by Gallas, amnestied the signatories of the Pilsen declaration except Trčka and Ilow, and ordered the capture or liquidation of Wallenstein and his chief conspirators.
Ferdinand also issued a letter patent granting privileges to the inhabitants to encourage people to settle, as it was initially not regarded as a particularly hospitable place to live.
He did, however, sign the letters patent.
A legislative council was created by royal letters patent in 1841.
(2) The Court consists of 12 judges appointed by Her Majesty by letters patent.
In the industrial revolution the legal mechanism of letters patent evolved to protect creative insight.
A Letters Patent in 1917, issued by William's great great grandfather King George V, had limited titles within the Royal Family.
Letters patent (grants made publicly) became the usual way to create new peers or to promote existing ones.
Materials from those studies — photographs, books, letters, patent models — are packed into the show's final three galleries.
(5) Her Majesty may by letters patent appoint one of the judges to be President and one to be Deputy President of the Court.
He added: "Letters Patent are simply a way that the Sovereign signifies making an alteration or proclamation that doesn't go through Parliament.
