Examples of 'lay claim' in a sentence

Meaning of "lay claim"

Lay claim: Means to assert ownership or a right to something. This phrase is often used in legal contexts, disputes, or situations where individuals or groups declare their entitlement to a particular property or benefit
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  • To say that something belongs to oneself.

How to use "lay claim" in a sentence

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We can both lay claim to his capture.
Now the murderer will lay claim.
We will be able to lay claim to whatever we want.
To lay claim to the middle branch of the patapsco.
Sutekh will not lay claim to my death.
I can lay claim as his da facto business partner.
But nobody would lay claim to him.
I cannot lay claim to being a teenager anymore.
Any other amplifier can lay claim to.
I have to lay claim for my birthday present.
What dark powers were entitled to lay claim to him.
Soon he will lay claim to the crown.
I lay claim to that foul stench.
Yet he did not lay claim to that right.
We lay claim to our untarnished name.

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It could still lay claim to one truth.
Saying no country can lay claim.
It can not lay claim to being a civilized society.
But some that do lay claim.
We can not lay claim to such a status.
But death can not bear to lay claim on me.
Can lay claim to your sympathy.
Certain parties sometimes lay claim to these finds.
I can lay claim as his de facto business partner.
You gonna have to lay claim somewhere else.
Powers lay claim to enormous territories which in fact are.
It was not important for me to lay claim to it in that way.
Others lay claim to your throne.
I am confident few of them are using it to lay claim to a throne.
We can not lay claim to anything that cool.
But these women do not lay claim to that.
We will not lay claim to anything to the west of it.
No being nor sword can lay claim on a soul.
Elves lay claim to the jungles.
Many old houses lay claim to it.
The procedural protections to which he may lay claim.
No man shall lay claim to my world.
For the same territory you lay claim to.
Santino will lay claim to my sit at the table.
You have something we lay claim to.
I can personally lay claim to at least one of these.
Proposition to which no other country can lay claim.
My woman could not lay claim to such perfection.
I lay claim to your maidenhead.
I can not lay claim to you.
I lay claim to their love.
Different groups lay claim to the same area.
Both lay claim to being the oldest towns in the state.
I should like to lay claim to him.
To lay claim to the throne.

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