letters patent

短语

[经] 专利证, 特许证

发音

UK /ˌlɛtəz ˈpeɪtənt/
UK /-ˈpæ-/
US /ˌlɛtɚz ˈpætənt/
US /-ˈpeɪ-/

词形变化

letter patent only 复数

别名

letter patent letters patents

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority to direct that some action be taken; to grant a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization; to record a contract.

    专利特许证

    英皇制诰

    仅复数 法律
  2. 2.

    plural of letter patent

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

patent

上位词 2

instrument legal instrument

词源

From letters patents (archaic), from Late Middle English lettres patentes, lettres patent (“document or documents granting a privilege, power, or right, making an appointment or decree, etc.”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman lettres patentes (the plural of lettre patente), from Latin litterae patentēs, the plural of littera patēns (so called because they were written on open sheets of parchment), from littera (“letter”) + patēns (“accessible, open”) (the present active participle of pateō (“to be accessible or open; to be clear or evident”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly”)). The English term is analysable as letters + patent (“open, unconcealed; (archaic) open to public perusal”).

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