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Meaning of letters patents | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Archaic form of letters patent.

alt-of, archaic, plural, plural-only

Examples

“The letters patents of king Henry the ſeuenth granted vnto Iohn Cabot and his three ſonnes, Lewis, Sebastian, and Sancius, for the discouerie of new and vnknowen lands.”
“If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call⟳ in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…]”
“(which I have⟳ kept as carefully as I would Letters Patents, ſince they intitle me to what I value more than titles of honour.)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

letters requisitory letters rogatory letters testamentary letterset lettershop letterspace

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