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letters patent

[′led·ərz ′pat·ənt]

(industrial engineering)

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However the Queen could issue a new Letters Patent to change this - just as she did for theDuke and Duchess of Cambridge'schildren.

This is why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's future children would not be prince or princess; Titles within the royal family were limited by Harry's great-great-grandfather King George V, who issued a Letters Patent in 1917

According to the Department for Constitutional Affairs website, city status is a rare mark of distinction granted by the Queen on the advice of ministers and conferred by Letters Patent. It is for the Queen to decide when a competition for city status should be held.

Time for town to go for status as new city

Royal Charters are established when a monarch grants rights or powers to a person or persons and it is issued as letters patent. Royal Proclamations are similar to Royal Charters.

An indigenous perspective to Canada's 150th birthday

(TSX: PWC, PWC.PR.A, PWC.PR.B, PWC.NT.C) have received letters patent of amalgamation from the Minister of Finance of Canada in respect of the previously announced merger of the two companies, the companies said.

VersaBank, PWC Capital get merger approval

(TSX: PWC) have received letters patent of amalgamation from the Minister of Finance of Canada in respect of the pending merger of the two, the companies said.

Canada's Minister of Finance Approves Merger of VersaBank and PWC Capital

1/4-inch (19cm) bottle was decoratedin capitals "By His Majesty's Letters Patent Dr Siblys Solar " (left), and on the other withmotifs of a radiant sun above a heraldic shield and the words "Morte Tam Vita" (In death as in life).

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The Origins of Intellectual Property Intellectual property rights have been recognized for many centuries in Europe, such as in England, where "letters patent" were issued to inventors as early as 1331.

5 Basics about Intellectual Property Law: Nuts and Bolts for In-House Counsel (Part 5)

In 1834, in authorising the colonisation of South Australia, the British Colonial Office issued Letters Patent specifying its policy of conduct to safeguard the rights of the Aboriginal inhabitants of lands in which nascent colonies were proposed or had been established.

Colonial letters patent and excolonialism: forgetting, counter-memory and mnemonic potentiality

With a few companions recruited initially in France and later in the colony she created a half dozen small schools, and in 1671 was able to obtain royal letters patent granting her association legal recognition.

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The Queen is Canada's Head of State, but the duty of commander-in-chief was conferred on the governor general, her representative (as per the Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada (1947)) --hence the reason he/she wears a military uniform and not the Queen.

Who's really in charge?

The title of Lord Mayor was granted to the city as Letters Patent by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on June 3 1953.