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Definition: laying claim
laying claim
n : the act of taking possession of or power over something;
“his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in
Cuba”;
“the Nazi assumption of power in 1934”;
“he
acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars
and the assumption of the company's debts” [syn:
assumption]