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letters patent definition

letters patent (let′ərz pat′'nt)

a document granting a patent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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