Claim

Summary

The assertion of a legal right or ownership of property by one person against another.

“Claim,” in Bouvier, Law Dictionary, 1:180.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bouvier, John. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union; with References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law. 2 vols. Philadelphia: T. and J. W. Johnson, 1839.

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