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Definition of Muniments

Muniment
Muniment Mu"ni*ment, n. [L. munimentum, fr. munire to fortify. See Munition.] 1. The act of supporting or defending. [Obs.] 2. That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance. ``Other muniments and petty helps.' --Shak. 3. (Law) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers. --Blount. Muniment house or room, that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. --Gwilt.
Muniment
Muniment Mu"ni*ment, n. [L. munimentum, fr. munire to fortify. See Munition.] 1. The act of supporting or defending. [Obs.] 2. That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance. ``Other muniments and petty helps.' --Shak. 3. (Law) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers. --Blount. Muniment house or room, that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. --Gwilt.

Meaning of Muniments from wikipedia

- munimentum, meaning a "fortification, bulwark, defence or protection". Thus "muniments of title" means the written evidence which a land owner can use to defend...
- The Westminster Abbey Muniments is a collection of muniments and m****cripts comprising archives of Westminster Abbey from the tenth century to the present...
- permitted a room above the cloisters which was used to store the abbey muniments. In the south transept is the chapel of St Faith, built c. 1250 as the...
- Wells-Furby. Catalogue of the Medieval Muniments at Berkeley Castle. pp. 546–8. Wells-Furby. Catalogue of the Medieval Muniments at Berkeley Castle. p. 549. Wells-Furby...
- ISBN 9781250065742. Warren, Robert Penn (November 1944). "The War and the National Muniments". Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions. 2 (1). Library of Congress:...
- repair. Guildford: Surrey Record Society. 1961. Hand list of deposited muniments (special collections) in the County Record Office, Kingston upon Thames:...
- Parliamentary Writs and Writs of Military Summons, Together with the Records and Muniments Relating to the Suit and Service Due and Performed to the King’s High...
- repository willing to receive the whole of the family archives (except the muniments of title) many of which lay stacked in the corridors there. The City Librarian...
- 1856 OS one-inch to the mile, 1890 Dictionary of the Scots Language Muniments of the Royal Burgh of Irvine, Page 305 Scottish Mining Website Accessed :...
- 7 July 2007 Wells-Furby, Bridget (2004). A Catalogue of the Medieval Muniments at Berkeley Castle. Vol. 17. Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological...