LETTERS PATENT


Meaning of LETTERS PATENT in English

Law.

a written or printed instrument issued by a sovereign power, conferring upon a patentee some right, as the exclusive right to land or the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention for a limited time.

[ 1350-1400; ME ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .