Definition of claim

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Claim (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.

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Demand :: Demand (v. t.) The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand..
Relinquish :: Relinquish (v. t.) To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt..
Proclaimer :: Proclaimer (n.) One who proclaims.
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
Amenable :: Amenable (a.) Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc..
Tame :: Tame (a.) To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc..
Equity :: Equity (n.) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc..
Consideration :: Consideration (n.) Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.
Hollo :: Hollo (interj.) To call out or exclaim; to halloo. This form is now mostly replaced by hello.
Ultramontanism :: Ultramontanism (n.) The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism..
Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit..
Quietus :: Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death..
Recession :: Recession (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand..
Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title..
Maverick :: Maverick (n.) In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle..
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value..
Disclaimer :: Disclaimer (n.) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation..
Particular :: Particular (n.) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises..
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