Verb
stake a claim (third-person singular simple present stakes a claim, present participle staking a claim, simple past and past participle staked a claim)
(usually with to) To take an action that asserts a property right in something.
Synonym: lay claim to
Who are the nations that have staked a claim to Antarctica lands?
Athirst for personal salvation, the West forgets that many religions had but a vague notion of the life beyond the grave; true, all great religions stake a claim on eternity, but not necessarily on man's eternal life. André Malraux