Legal Definition and Related Resources of Letters Patent

In primary sense, the term denoted a writing of the English sovereign sealed with the Great Seal, whereby certain privileges were bestowed upon a person . The term also refers to the charter whereby a corporation is created.

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Letters Patent in Historical Law

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