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To lay claim to
(gcide) | Claim \Claim\, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See
Claim, v. t.]
1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on
another for something due or supposed to be due; an
assertion of a right or fact.
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2. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt,
privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also,
a title to anything which another should give or concede
to, or confer on, the claimant. "A bar to all claims upon
land." --Hallam.
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3. 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. [U.S. & Australia]
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4. A loud call. [Obs.] --Spenser
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To lay claim to, to demand as a right. "Doth he lay claim
to thine inheritance?" --Shak.
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