Right Patent
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The name of an ancient writ, which, Fitzherbert says, "ought to be brought of lands and tenements, and not of an advowson, or of common, and lieth only of an estate of fee simple, and not for him who has a lesser estate, as tenant in tail, tenant in frank marriage, or tenant for life." Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 1.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The name of an ancient writ, which Fitzherbert says, “ought to be brought of lands and tenements, and.not of an advowson, or of common, and lieth only of an estate of fee-simple, and not for him who has a lesser estate, as tenant in tail, ten-
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910