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letters patent
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.
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He did, however, sign the letters patent.
It is now a city by special letters patent.
That is the province of letters patent, not of copyright.
"Letters patent are not to be regarded as monopolies..
(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.
The two bodies were established by Royal Charter issued under Letters Patent of July 25 , 1929
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The difference between the two things, letters-patent and copyright, may be illustrated by reference to the subjects just enumerated.
Legal concerns were alleviated when the Royal Letters Patent were eventually granted in 1778, and the theatre became a patent theatre and took up the name "Theatre Royal".
Marshall's application was granted, and on April 14 , 1903 Letters Patent 725,349 were granted to him.
The king ordered Letters Patent to be drawn up granting their requests, but it was not implemented.
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