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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Claim \Claim\, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See
Claim, v. t.]
1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on
another for something due or supposed to be due; an
assertion of a right or fact.
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2. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt,
privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also,
a title to anything which another should give or concede
to, or confer on, the claimant. "A bar to all claims upon
land." --Hallam.
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3. The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any
one intends to establish a right;; as, a settler's claim;
a miner's claim. [U.S. & Australia]
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4. A loud call. [Obs.] --Spenser
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To lay claim to, to demand as a right. "Doth he lay claim
to thine inheritance?" --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Claim \Claim\ (kl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Claimed
(kl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Claiming.] [OE. clamen,
claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to
calare to proclaim, Gr. kalei^n to call, Skr. kal to sound,
G. holen to fetch, E. hale haul.]
1. To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority,
right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to
demand as due.
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2. To proclaim. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Claim \Claim\, v. i.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to
have a claim.
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We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one
claims, came by his authority. --Locke.
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WordNet Claim
n 1: an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his
claim asked for damages"
2: an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim
that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the
government's claims"
3: demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in
support of their claim for a shorter work day"
4: an informal right to something; "his claim on her
attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: title]
5: an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to
the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title
to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: title]
6: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn: call]
v 1: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He
claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: disclaim]
2: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or
title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline
counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because
he is a foreign resident" [syn: lay claim, arrogate]
[ant: forfeit]
3: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for
example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
4: lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole
idea" [syn: take] [ant: disclaim]
5: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of
affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard
work took its toll on her" [syn: take, exact]

Moby Dictionary
absolute interest , acquire , adduce , advance , adverse possession ,
affidavit , affirm , affirmation , allegation , allege , alodium ,
application , appurtenance , argue , ask , ask for , assert , assertion ,
authority , avow , be enfeoffed of , be entitled to , be hurting for ,
be indicated , be possessed of , be seized of , benefit , bill ,
bill of complaint , birthright , blackmail , boast , burgage , call ,
call for , catch up , challenge , claim , clamor for , clap hands on ,
clasp , claw , clench , clinch , clutch , colony , command , common ,
complaint , conjugal right , contend , contingent interest ,
contribution , cry for , cry out for , de facto , de jure , declaration ,
declare , defend , demand , demand for , dependency , deposition ,
derivative title , divine right , draft , drain , drain off , draw off ,
droit , due , duty , easement , embrace , enjoy , equitable interest ,
equity , estate , exact , exaction , extort , extortion ,
extortionate demand , faculty , fee fief , fee position , fee simple ,
fee simple absolute , fee simple conditional , fee simple defeasible ,
fee simple determinable , fee tail , feodum , feud , fiefdom , fill ,
frankalmoign , free socage , freehold , gavelkind , get , get hold of ,
glom on to , grab , grab hold of , grapple , grasp , grip , gripe , have ,
have and hold , have in hand , have occasion for , have tenure of ,
having title to , heavy demand , hold , holding , hug , impose ,
imposition , impost , inalienable right , indent , insist on ,
insist upon , insistent demand , interest , issue an ultimatum ,
justify , knight service , lay claim to , lay fee , lay hands on ,
lay hold of , lease , leasehold , legal claim , legal possession , levy ,
libel , limitation , loot , maintain , make a demand , mandate , nail ,
narratio , natural right , need , nip , nip up , nolle prosequi ,
nonnegotiable demand , nonsuit , notice , occupancy , occupation ,
occupy , order , order up , original title , owning , palm , part ,
partake , percentage , petition , pillage , place an order , pocket ,
possess , possessing , possession , postulate , power , preoccupancy ,
preoccupation , prepossession , prerequire , prerogative ,
prescription , presumptive right , pretend , pretend to , pretense ,
pretension , pretext , privilege , profess , profession , proper claim ,
property , property right , property rights , proprietary rights ,
protest too much , protestation , purport , put forth ,
put in requisition , receive , rend from , rending , request , require ,
requirement , requisition , right , right of entry , rights , ripping ,
rush , rush order , screw , seek , seisin , seize , set forth ,
settlement , share , snap up , snatch , socage , solicit , squat ,
squat on , squatting , stake , state , statement , statement of facts ,
steal , strict settlement , sublease , take , take by assault ,
take by storm , take doing , take hold of , take possession , tax ,
taxing , tear from , tearing , tenancy , tenantry , tenure ,
tenure in chivalry , title , tribute , trust , ultimatum , underlease ,
undertenancy , use , usucapion , usucapt , vested interest ,
vested right , villein socage , villeinhold , villenage , vindicate ,
want , want doing , warn , warning , warrant , whip up , wrench ,
wrench from , wrenching , wrest , wresting , wring , wring from ,
wringing