letters patent (comparable to an edict or a decree) · credentials, letter of credence, charter (a document conferring rights and privileges on a person etc., a license or patent)
çekim: çoğul pátensek
köken: Internationalism from the second element of Latin littera patēns (“open letter”), compare Latin patēns in litterae patentēs and English patent in letters patent. Doublet of patent.