Claim
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
A claim isa challenge of the ownership of a thing which a man has not in possession, and is wrongfully withheld by another.
Plowd. 359, see 1 Dall. 444; 12 8. & R. 179.
In Pennsylvania the entry of the lien of a mechanic or material man for work done or labour furnished in the erection of a building, in those counties to which the lien laws extend, is called a claim.