Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Noun: laying claim
  1. The act of taking possession of or power over something
    "his laying claim of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"
    - assumption

Derived forms: laying claims

Type of: acquisition

Nearest

layabout
layby
lay-by
layer
layer cake
layered
layette
Layia
Layia platyglossa
laying
laying claim
laying on
laying on of hands
laying waste
layman
layoff
layout
layover
layperson
layup
lay-up