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Definition of Claims
Claim Claim Claim, v. i.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to
have a claim.
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one
claims, came by his authority. --Locke.
Claim Claim Claim (kl[=a]m), v.?. [imp. & p. p. Claimed
(kl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Claiming.] [OE. clamen,
claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to
calare to proclaim, Gr. ? to call, Skr. kal to sound, G.
holen to fetch, E. hale haul.]
1. 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. To proclaim. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser.
4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
