Claim

klām, v.t. to call for: to demand as a right.— n. a demand for something supposed due: right or ground for demanding: the thing claimed.— adj. Claim′able , that can be claimed.— n. Claim′ant , one who makes a claim.— Lay claim to , to a ert a right. [O. Fr. claimer —L. clamāre , to call out.]