That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance. "Other muniments and petty helps."
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(Law) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers.
Muniment room or Muniment house, that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like.
... vast height and strength; within it were various chambers, and these chambers had served through many ages as muniment-rooms. There were innumerable documents of many different epochs, almost all in Latin, a few in Greek. Don Silverio, who was a fine classic as well as a learned archologist, spent all his lonely and cold winter evenings in the study of these ... — The Waters of Edera • Louise de la Rame, a.k.a. Ouida
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