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Definition of Claim

1. Noun. An assertion of a right (as to money or property). "His claim asked for damages"

2. Verb. Assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing. "They claim to move "; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

3. Noun. An assertion that something is true or factual. "Evidence contradicted the government's claims"

4. Verb. Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to. "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"

5. Noun. Demand for something as rightful or due. "They struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"

6. Verb. Ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example. "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"

7. Noun. An informal right to something. "His title to fame"

8. Verb. Lay claim to; as of an idea. "She took credit for the whole idea"

9. Noun. An established or recognized right. "He staked his claim"

10. Verb. Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. "The hard work took its toll on her"

11. Noun. A demand especially in the phrase. "The call of duty"

Definition of Claim

1. 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.

2. v. i. To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.

3. n. 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.

Definition of Claim

1. Noun. A demand of ownership made for something (eg. claim ownership, claim victory). ¹

2. Noun. A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified. ¹

3. Noun. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (eg. in the gold rush, oil rush) ¹

4. Noun. (legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages. ¹

5. Verb. To demand ownership of. ¹

6. Verb. To state a new fact. ¹

7. Verb. To demand ownership or right to use for land. ¹

8. Verb. (legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Claim

1. to demand as one's due [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Claim

cladribine clads cladus claes clafouti clafoutis clag clagged claggier claggiest

clagging claggy clagnuts clags claim (current term) claim agent claim form claim jumper claim shanty claim to fame

claimable claimant claimants claime claimed claimer claimers claimes claimest

Literary usage of Claim

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law Reports by James M. Moorsom, Henry Holroyd, James Redfoord Bulwer, Alexander Mortimer, John Edward Hall, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1876)
"29— Rules 0/1866— Ordinary Quartz April "'• claim—Ownership of claim and Incidents thereof—Discoveries of Gold in " new Locality." On the 14th of April, ..."

2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"LAST winter I was asked to give testimony before the Orphans' Court to assist in proving the claim of a brother practitioner against an estate. ..."

3. Bulletin. by Dept. of Public Instruction, California, Michigan, State Board of Education (1913)
"If no adverse claim shall have been filed with the register and the receiver of the proper land office at the expiration of the sixty days of publication, ..."

4. The diplomatic protection of citizens abroad or the law of international claims by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1915)
"return the indemnity received.1 This is a direct result of the responsibility for good faith assumed by the government in the presentation of a claim, ..."

5. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1912)
"Rept. of committee on claims (Clark) on claim of John A. Lazell (claim stated in ... Rept. of claims committee on claim of OW Glich for services as asst. ..."

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