letter patent

"I will give you letters patent," the king said finally.

Letters patent were granted which continued the style of the city over the greater area.

Letters patent were granted to the Paris hospital in 1670.

This type of letter contrasts with the better known letters patent.

Some letters patent are not signed by the monarch in person.

The College received the letters patent for its Arms in 1961.

Until the end of the 17th century, auditors were appointed for life by letters patent.

The title was officially confirmed by letters patent in 1397.

The original letters patent which created the title determine the order of succession.

In 1983, letters patent were issued once again, further reducing the powers of the office.

Without letters patent, a person is unable to assume an appointed office.

The status was granted to the entire district by letters patent dated 9 July 1974.

Such orders would be encoded into the 1662 letters patent as well.

Letters patent are thus comparable to other kinds of open letter in that their audience is wide.

He was also to have been made a peer of France at the same time, but the letters patent were never registered.

City status was temporarily lost until new letters patent were issued in November of the same year.

Here "the manner accustomed" refers to a traditional letters patent.

This was the first creation of a peerage by letters patent.

The city status of the new district was confirmed by additional letters patent issued on the same day.

This is often specified in each family's letter patent.

No one denies that you are, by virtue of your letters patent, a peer.

Lebrija was granted city status by letters patent in 1924.

The reason for the move was to gain more space, as is made clear from the letters patent:

They later transferred the letters patent to Casey during some negotiations which eventually came to nothing.

The status was formally granted by letters patent dated 1 June 2012.