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brevet noun authorization, charge, charter, declaration, decree, edict, fiat, grant, law, license, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, ordination, placet, precept, prescription, rule, sanction, warrant, writ See also: warrant BREVET. In France, a brevet is a warrant granted by the government to
authorize an individual to do something for his own benefit, as a brevet
d'invention, is a patent to secure a man a right as inventor.
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| He was brevetted major for action at Molino del Rey and later took part in the storming of Chapultepec, where by some accounts he was wounded. He is a brevetted captain, paid at that rate, but still holding the rank of lieutenant. Fremont, that he had been brevetted brigadier general for meritorious service and that he had served as a special commissioner for the Department of the Interior. |
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