But not one gets to lay claim to the title of host.
The question is whether India, by behaving in this fashion, can anymore lay claim to the title of a civilized society.
The family lay claim to the title of count as early as the 13th century.
Both parties laid claim to the title of being the best protectors of the elderly.
"They are foul, treacherous brutes who may lay no claim at all to the title of knight."
As such, it lays claim to the title of the champion fund-raiser in its class.
Dilberitos can lay claim to the title of the first fast-food nutraceutical.
Several towns lay claim to the title of trailhead of the supply route.
They lay claim to the title of Perth's first punk band.
If he was the first to introduce taekwondo to Australia's largest city, then he might lay claim to the title.