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Brewer's: Letter of Credit
A letter written by a merchant or banker to another, requesting him to credit the bearer with certain sums of money. Circular Notes are letters of credit carried by gentlemen when they…Brewer's: Letter of Licence
(A). An instrument in writing made by a creditor, allowing a debtor longer time for the payment of his debt. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Letter of…Brewer's: Letter-lock
A lock that cannot be opened unless certain chosen letters are arranged in a certain order. “A strange lock that opens with A M E” Beaumont and Fletcher: Noble Gentleman. Source:…Brewer's: Letter of Orders
(A). A certificate that the person named in the letter has been admitted into holy orders. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Letter of PythagorasLetter of…Brewer's: Letter of Pythagoras
(The). The Greek upsilon, “They placed themselves in the order and figure of , the letter of Pythagoras, as cranes do in their flight.” —Rabelais; Pantagruel, iv. 33. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Letters of Administration
The legal instrument granted by the Probate Court to a person appointed administrator to one who has died intestate. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Letters…Brewer's: Letters Missive
An order from the Lord Chancellor to a peer to put in an appearance to a bill filed in chancery. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Letters OvertLetters…Brewer's: Letters Patent
So denominated because they are written upon open sheets of parchment, with the seal of the sovereign or party by whom they were issued pendent at the bottom. Close letters are folded up…Brewer's: Letters of the Sepulchre
The laws made by Godfrey and the Patriarchs of the court of Jerusalem. There were two codes, one respecting the privileges of the nobles, and the other respecting the rights and duties of…Brewer's: Dictator of Letters
François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, called the Great Pan. (1694-1778.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Didactic PoetryDicky Sam A B C D E F G H I J…Trending
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