letters patent in English

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1
an open document issued by a monarch or government conferring a patent or other right.
Such concessions could take the form of specific monopolies over trade in specific items (such as dice or playing cards) by petitioning the monarch and having letters patent from that monarch issued in your name.
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1. 273 Letters Patent granting Armorial Bearings to George Douglas Anderson

2. 283 Letters Patent granting Armorial Bearings to the Grand Lodge of Quebec, A.F. & A.M.

3. Sir Humphrey Gilbert, provided with letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I, landed in St John's in August 1583, and formally took possession of the island.

4. Berkshire (/ ˈ b ɑː r k ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / BARK-shər, -⁠sheer; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a county in South East England.One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by the Queen as the Royal County of Berkshire in 1957 because of the presence of Windsor Castle, and letters patent were issued in 1974.

5. And we first read by means of the interposition of the summons which is to be cited, with our envoys and to certain decrees ap- Apparitors, by means of letters patent of ours, we have given this commandment, 'whom the aforesaid Mauri- embark on, and with the parsonage vicarages of the holders of the said Odo and Roderigo, and there were eight

6. Supplementary Letters Patent (CCA-Part II) Name Changes File Number Old Company Name New Company Name Date of S.L.P. 168382-9 134899 ASSOCIATION OF CANADA TRAUMA ASSOCIATION OF CANADA 2005-06-09 305615-5 ACTIVE HEALTHY KIDS CANADA Active Healthy Kids Canada / Jeunes en forme Canada 2005-06-15 017007-1 AGLOW OF CANADA Aglow International of Canada 2005-04-25 031024-7 ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES REDACTEURS AGRICOLES DE LANGUE FRANCAISE (A.C.R.A.L.F.)