letters patent

Noun

Meaning

an official document granting a right or privilege

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letters-patent

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As all executive authority is vested in the sovereign, their assent is required to allow for bills to become law and for letters patent and orders in council to have legal effect. Source: Internet

In 1863, that part of New South Wales to the north of South Australia was annexed to South Australia, by letters patent, as the "Northern Territory of South Australia", which became shortened to the Northern Territory ( 6 July 1863 ). Source: Internet

However that may be, on the death of the latter (10 July 1480) he again added Anjou to the royal domain.sfn Later, King Francis I again gave the duchy as an appanage to his mother, Louise of Savoy, by letters patent of 4 February 1515. Source: Internet

In 2003, Archbishop Peter Hollingworth voluntarily stood aside while controversial allegations against him were managed, and the letters patent of the office were amended to take account of this circumstance. Source: Internet

Mrs Simpson became the Duchess of Windsor, but was never permitted to adopt the style of an HRH, with George VI’s Letters Patent forbidding it. Source: Internet

City status was transferred to the entire district by letters patent dated 9 July 1974. Source: Internet

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