Brevet
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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.
2. In our army, it signifies a commission conferring on an officer a
degree of rank immediately above the one which he holds in his particular
regiment, without, however conveying a right to receive a corresponding pay.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.