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letters patent (<executive records by function>, executive records, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Written communications, usually signed and sealed from a government or sovereign of a nation, conferring upon a designated person a grant (as a right, title, status, property, authority, privilege, monopoly, franchise, immunity, or exemption) that could not otherwise be enjoyed. |
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letters patent (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,PN)
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letter patent (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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patent, letters (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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專利特許狀 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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專利特許證 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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zhuān lì tè xǔ zhuàng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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zhuan li te xu zhuang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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chuan li t'e hsü chuang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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octrooibrieven (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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octrooibrief (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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lettres patentes (C,U,French-P,AD,U,FSN)
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Ernennungsurkunden (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Ernennungsurkunde (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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patentes de privilegio (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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patente de privilegio (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.VW |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Information Forms (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ information forms (objects) (G) |
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................ document genres (G) |
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.................... <documents by function> (G) |
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........................ records (documents) (G) |
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............................ <records by provenance> (G) |
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................................ government records (G) |
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.................................... <government records by function> (G) |
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........................................ executive records (G) |
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............................................ <executive records by function> (G) |
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................................................ letters patent (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 通常由國家政府或君主簽名批准的書面訊息,授予指定人士專有的(權利、頭銜、身分、資產、職權、特權、專賣權、經銷權、豁免權,或免除義務等)獨占權利。 |
Dutch ..... Geschreven stukken, meestal voorzien van handtekening en zegel, van een regering of soeverein van een staat, die een bepaalde persoon een bepaalde bevoegdheid verlenen (zoals een recht, titel, status, eigendom, bevoegdheid, privilege, monopolie, franchise, immuniteit of ontheffing) die niet op een andere manier kan worden verkregen. |
German ..... Schriftstück, das in der Regel von einer Regierung oder dem Herrscher eines Landes unterzeichnet und gesiegelt wurde, mit dem einer bestimmten Person ein besonderes Recht verliehen wird (wie ein Anrecht, Titel, Status, Eigentum, Amt, Privileg, Monopol, Konzession, Immunität oder Freistellung), das auf keinem anderen Wege erlangt werden könnte. |
Spanish ..... Comunicaciones escritas, generalmente firmadas y selladas, de un gobierno o soberano de una nación, confiriendo a una persona designada una concesión (tal como un derecho, un título, una categoría, una propiedad, una autoridad, un privilegio, un monopolio, una franquicia, una inmunidad o una excepción), que no podría disfrutar de otra manera. |
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