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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.
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.

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Breveted to captain on 8 September 1863, for `gallant and meritorious in the night attack upon Fort Sumter.

Breveted to captain on 8 October 1899, for `distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy at Novalaeta, Philippine Islands.

Breveted to captain on 21 June 1900, for `distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy at Tientsin, China.

Breveted to lieutenant colonel on 13 July 1900, for `distinguished conduct in the prsence of the enemy at the battle of Tientsin, China.

Breveted to firs lieutenant on 11 June 1898, for `distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy at Guantanamo, Cuba.