lay claim

Verb

 * 1)  To state that something belongs to oneself.
 * Spencer University lays claim to the recently published discovery.
 * Spencer University lays claim to the recently published discovery.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 要求承認, 要求承认 (yāoqiú chéngrèn), 請求權利, 请求权利 (qǐngqiú quánlì)
 * Finnish: vaatia itselleen,
 * Georgian: მიკუთვნება
 * German: Anspruch erheben
 * Hebrew: לקבוע בעלות