muniment

Documentary evidence by which one can defend a title to property or a claim to rights.

A means of defense or protection.

A fortification of any kind; a stronghold; a place of defense.

Support; defense.

A document by which claims and rights are defended or maintained; a title-deed; a deed, charter, record, etc., especially such as belong to public bodies, or those in which national, manorial, or ecclesiastical rights and privileges are concerned.

Any article preserved or treasured as of special interest or value, as jewels, relies, etc.

The act of supporting or defending.

That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance.

A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers.

that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like.