Letters patent
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Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office or right, or monopoly, title
Letters patent issued by Queen Victoria in 1900 creating the office of Governor-General of Australia as part of the process of federation
Letters patent transferring a predecessor of the University of Lorraine to Nancy in 1768
Letters patent issued by the United States General Land Office
Papal bull
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A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by the pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the leaden seal traditionally appended to authenticate it.
Letters patent
…Lettre de cachet Papal bull, a type of letters patent issued by a pope Royal Charter…
A papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a lead bulla
The apostolic constitution Magni aestimamus issued as a papal bull by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011 which instituted the Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Printed text of Pope Leo X's Exsurge Domine, issued in June 1520. The Latin printed text reads: Bulla contra Errores Martini Lutheri et sequacium (lit. 'Bull against the errors of Martin Luther and his followers')
A lead bulla (obverse and reverse) of Gregory IX, pope 1227 to 1241