letters patent
C9386
concept
Letters patent are formal legal documents issued by a sovereign or government granting a right, title, privilege, or office to an individual or organization, typically made public by being open for all to read.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| letters patent canonical | 8 |
| English crown patent | 1 |
| imperial patent | 1 |
| patent (decree) | 1 |
| patent law document | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: letters patent
Generated description
Letters patent are formal legal documents issued by a sovereign or government granting a right, title, privilege, or office to an individual or organization, typically made public by being open for all to read.
Instances (12)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| international search report | patent law document |
| February Patent | imperial patent |
| Letters Patent, 1947 | — |
| Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1917 | — |
| Letters Patent of 1787 | — |
| Letters Patent of the High Court of Judicature at Madras | — |
| Neale’s Patent for North American postal services | English crown patent |
| Letters Patent relating to the Office of Governor of the State of Western Australia | — |
| Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1983 | — |
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Letters Patent constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada
surface form:
Letters Patent, 1947, Constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada
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| Untertanenpatent | patent (decree) |
| Letters Patent 1987 | — |