Brevet
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In French Law. A warrant granted by government to authorize an individual to do something for his own benefit.
Brevet d'invention
A patent. In American Law. A commission conferring on a military officer a degree of rank specified in the commission, without, however, conveying a right to receive corresponding pay, BREVIA (Lat.) Writs. The plural of breve (q. v.)