 | John Boag - 1848 - 790 pages
...kla-d6'dus, n. A genus of fossil Pltuoil fishes. CLAIM, klame, [L. claino,] v. t To rail for; to a»k or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right,...right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due. To assert or maintain as a right. To have R right or title to. (To proclaim. To call or name. Ob$.)—n.... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1850 - 576 pages
...continually repeated ; talking continually. CLAD, pp. of CLOTHE. Clothed; covered. CLAIM, t>. (. [L. efcrao.J 1. To call for ; to ask or seek to obtain by virtue of authority or right 2. To have a right or title to, as the heir claims the estate by descent ; todemand.3.Toassertasa... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1851 - 444 pages
...CLACK'KR, n. He that г lacks. CLAD, ¡41, of CLOTHE. Clothed; covered. t'i.MM, r. í. [L. clama.] To call for; to ask or seek to obtain by virtue of authority or right; to have a ri^ht or title to, as the heir claim» the estate by descent ; to demand; to assert... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1857 - 1310 pages
...n garment. For ydad, see YCLAD. CLAIM, vt f L. clamo.] 1. To call for , to ask or seek to obfciin, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right;...right 3. To have a right or title to. 4. To proclaim ; [obf.] 5. To call or name ; [ob«.] CLilM, n. A demand of a right or supposed right ; a calling on... | |
 | John Longmiur - 1864 - 744 pages
...talk. CLACKING, «. Clack; continuous prating. CLAD, pp. of CLOTHE. Clothed; covered. •CLAIM, tf. t. To call for ; to ask or seek to obtain by virtue of authority or right ; to have a right or title to, as the heir claims the estate by descent ; to demand ; to assert... | |
 | David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield - 1898 - 1206 pages
...act or thing as a matter of duty.' Prigg v. Com., 16 Pet. (US) 615; Noah Webster defines claim as, ' To call for; to ask or seek to obtain by virtue of...right; to challenge as "a right; to demand as due; to be entitled to anything as a right; a demand of a right or supposed right: a right to claim or demand;... | |
 | 1904 - 1032 pages
...plaintiff claims of the defendant a certain sum due by promissory i note, means, according to Webster, "to ask or seek to obtain by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right to demand as due; to be entitled to anything as a matter of right; the right to claim or demand; a title... | |
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To call for ; to ask or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right or supposed right ; to challenge as a right ; to demand as due. 