* The grants of land, made either by the crown or the state, were but letters patent under the great seal, and the term “patent” is usually applied to any district of extent thus conceded; though under the crown’, manorial rights being often granted with the soil, in the older counties the word “manor” is frequently used.

The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

Who, I say again, was the fool that knows not that there are no letters patent of nobility that confer such privileges or exemptions as a knight-errant acquires the day he is dubbed a knight, and devotes himself to the arduous calling of chivalry?

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

It had been "granted to him for safekeeping," as the letters patent said; and certainly he kept it well.

Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context

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