(religion, historical) The statement, in Scottish constitutional law, of the right of the church to spiritual independence and liberty from the interference of the civil courts in her spiritual functions, adopted by an immense majority of the General Assembly in 1842.

(US, law) A patent claim to a computer program, written in the form of a claim to an article of manufacture: a computer-readable medium on which are encoded, typically, instructions for carrying out a process.

(US, law) A patent claim that identifies multiple functionally equivalent chemical entities allowed in one or more parts of a compound.

(US, law) A patent claim where one or more limitations are specifically identified as a point of novelty, distinguishable over at least the contents of the preamble.

(historical, Australia, Western US) The act of one who jumps a claim.

(historical, Australia, Western US) To enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation.

One who disreputably mines land legitimately claimed by another.

To say that something belongs to oneself.

An insurance claim, usually a third-party claim, that relates to healthcare.

A house hastily built on a piece of land in order to legalize a claim to the land.