muniment

American  

[myoo-nuh-muhnt] / ˈmyu nə mənt /

noun

1. Law. muniments, a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.

2. Archaic. a defense or protection.

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muniment British  

/ ˈmjuːnɪmənt /

noun

1. rare a means of defence

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Etymology

Origin of muniment

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin mūnīmentum document (e.g., title, deed) for use in defense against a claimant, Latin: defense, protection, originally, fortification, equivalent to mūnī ( re ) to fortify + -mentum -ment

Example Sentences

Beaumanoir had just rounded off his forecast in this satisfactory manner when he was suddenly startled back into the present by a faint sound far down the corridor on which the muniment room abutted.

From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon

He had examined the muniment room and found part of the wall broken down, and in the room two boxes of papers which had been taken from a recess which the breach had disclosed.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

"Ever since I fetched it, a year or two ago, with other deeds from the muniment room of Yatton Hall."

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel

"I can guarantee the impregnability of the fire-proof safe in my muniment room," he replied with alacrity.

From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon

It is there my father found all these fine poems, you know, up in the muniment room.'

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma