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Definition of Muniment
1. n. The act of supporting or defending.
Definition of Muniment
1. Noun. (obsolete) A deed; a document that proves ownership of a property, or a right or privilege. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Muniment
1. a means of defense [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muniment
Literary usage of Muniment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Lading by William Wagener Porter (1891)
"Bill of lading is a muniment of title, §416. Bill is a symbol or representative
of the goods, § 417. Right of a vendee to demand a bill of lading, § 422. ..."
2. The Cathedral Church of Salisbury: A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief by Gleeson White (1901)
"The muniment Room, which is approached from the south choir transept, is part of
a two-storied building, octagonal in plan. The ground floor, formerly the ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1856)
"Such knowledge is best gained from contemporary documents ; and it is on this
account \ve have thought that a visit to an old muniment room may not be ..."
4. The Topographer and Genealogist by John Gough Nichols (1846)
"THE following Charters are in the muniment Room of the Prefecture of St. Lo,
Department of La Manche, Normandy, and were copied, by die writer of this ..."
5. The Life of Thomas Chatterton: Including His Unpublished Poems and by John Dix (1851)
"... had found in the muniment room, in the true old English, with a modernization
by himself. But the singularity was augmented by its being found that the ..."
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