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Definition of Lay claim
1. 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"
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request
Related verbs: Claim, Take
Specialized synonyms: Pretend, Requisition, Arrogate, Assign
Derivative terms: Arrogator, Claim, Claimant
Antonyms: Forfeit
Definition of Lay claim
1. Verb. To say that something belongs to oneself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lay Claim
Literary usage of Lay claim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... they would not, according to all the authorities, be promissory 81 W'Ai.r,.
notes, and they can lay claim to no other form of negotiable instrument. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Mrs. GF Cross (Ada Cambridge 1854 ), though not a native of Australia, has so
identified herself with its literary life that she may justly lay claim to ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... they cannot, at the same time, lay claim to any merit. Besides the works
mentioned above, the following may be consulted: ..."
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