What does "muniment" mean?

A deed, or other official document kept as proof of ownership or rights or privileges; an archived document.

How do you pronounce "muniment"?

Pronounced //ˈmjuːnɪmənt//.

//ˈmjuːnɪmənt// noun

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Noun

1
A deed, or other official document kept as proof of ownership or rights or privileges; an archived document.
"hauing the said deedes, euidences, muniments, terriers, and writinges in their hands[…]"
2
Things which a person or place is equipped with; effects, furnishings, accoutrements. in-plural, obsolete
"Vpon a day as ſhe him ſate beſide, / By chance he certaine miniments forth drew, / Which yet with him as relickes did abide / Of all the bounty which Belphebe threw / On him, whilſt goodly grace ſhe did him ſhew: […]"
3
Something used as a defence. obsolete
"other muniments and petty helps"

"hauing the said deedes, euidences, muniments, terriers, and writinges in their hands[…]"

From Anglo-Norman muniment, Middle French muniment, and their source, Latin mūnīmentum (“fortification, defence”), from mūnīre (“to fortify”).

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