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Entitle

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In its usual sense, to entitle is to give a right or title. Therefore a person is said to be entitled to property when he has a right to it.

Com. v. Moorhead, 7 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 516; Thompson v. Thompson, 107 Ain. 163, 18 South. 247.

In ecclesiastical law

To entitle ls to give a title or ordination as a minister.