Brevet
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In military law. A commission by which an officer is promoted to the next higher rank, but without conferring a right to a corresponding increase of pay. In French law. A privilege or warrant granted by the government to a private person, aubhorizing him to take a special benefit or exercise an exclusive privilege. Thus a brevet d'invention is a patent for an invention.