laying claim

Noun
  1. The act of taking possession of or power over something (synset 100083690)
    "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
    is a type of: acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
    same as: assumption

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