Definition of claim

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Claim (v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due..

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Halloo :: Halloo (v. i.) To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo..
Antipope :: Antipope (n.) One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc..
Credence :: Credence (n.) That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence..
Acclaim :: Acclaim (v. t.) To applaud.
Chargeable :: Chargeable (a.) Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..
Shelving :: Shelving (n.) The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim..
Profess :: Profess (v. t.) To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician..
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
Quitclaim :: Quitclaim (n.) A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself..
Speechifier :: Speechifier (n.) One who makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a declaimer.
Cause :: Cause (v.) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action..
Claimant :: Claimant (n.) One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
Visitation :: Visitation (n.) The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under Search), visitation being used for the purpose of search..
Hit. :: Hit. (adj.) having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie..
Dispauper :: Dispauper (v. t.) To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.
Concession :: Concession (n.) The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
Release :: Release (n.) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit..
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