lay claim to Idiom
lay claim to
lay claim to Assert one's right to or ownership of, as in “What claim lays she to thee?” (Shakespeare,
The Comedy of Errors, 3:2). [Late 1500s] Also see
stake a claim.
lay affirmation to (something)
To advance that one has the acknowledged or able appropriate to own or acquire something. If no one lays affirmation to the wallet aural 48 hours, you'll be able to accumulate it for yourself. The youngest son is laying affirmation to the business now that their ancestor has anesthetized away.Learn more: claim, laylay affirmation to something
to abode a affirmation on something. Do you absolutely anticipate you can lay affirmation to that money afterwards all these years? Someone came by and laid affirmation to the wallet you found.Learn more: claim, laylay affirmation to
Assert one's appropriate to or buying of, as in "What affirmation lays she to thee?" (Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, 3:2). [Late 1500s] Also see stake a claim. Learn more: claim, lay lay affirmation to
To advance one's appropriate to or buying of.Learn more: claim, lay