v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Claimed 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]
4. A loud call. [ Obs. ] Spenser [ 1913 Webster ]
To lay claim to, to demand as a right. “Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance?” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
claim | claims | outlawed claim | dependent claim | independent claim | to assert a claim | to admit a claim | to stake out a claim | to abandon a claim | to lay claim to [Add to Longdo]
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