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letters patent
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letters patent [′led·ərz ′pat·ənt]
(industrial engineering)


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He was entitled to apply for the issue of a Patent of Nobility as Baron at no cost to himself.
The De Gas patent of nobility is, in fact, a false concoction, and it has been shown that the family was descended from bakers.
Because it is revered both as official proof of a family's nobility and as a precious heirloom, it is extremely unusual for a patent of nobility to appear outside of family hands or a specialized library.
 
 
 
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