letter patent

English

Noun

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”).

Usage notes

The term is typically used in the plural form, even for a single document.

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