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noun
A confirmation and reaffirmation of one or several royal grants made in the past, generally at the request of a putative beneficiary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Latin, "we have inspected". It was the first word of ancient English charters confirming a grant made by a former king.
