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CHARTER, n. 1. A written instrument, executed with usual forms, given as evidence of a grant, contract, or whatever is done between man and man. In its more usual sense, it is the instrument of a grant conferring powers, rights and privileges, either from a king or other wovereign power, or from a private person, as a charter of exemption, that no person shall be empannelled on a jury, a charter of pardon, &c. The charters under which most of the colonies in America were settled, were given by the king of England, and incorporated certain persons, with powers to hold the lands granted, to establish a government, and make laws for their own regulation. These were called charter-governments.2. Any instrument, executed with form and solemnity, bestowing rights or privileges.3. Privilege; immunity; exemption.My mother, Who has a charter to extol her blood, When she does praise me, grieves me.CHARTER, v.t. 1. To hire or to let a ship by charter. [See Charter-party.]2. To establish by charter.
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CHARTER, n. 1. A written instrument, executed with usual forms, given as evidence of a grant, contract, or whatever is done between man and man. In its more usual sense, it is the instrument of a grant conferring powers, rights and privileges, either from a king or other wovereign power, or from a private person, as a charter of exemption, that no person shall be empannelled on a jury, a charter of pardon, &c. The charters under which most of the colonies in America were settled, were given by the king of England, and incorporated certain persons, with powers to hold the lands granted, to establish a government, and make laws for their own regulation. These were called charter-governments.2. Any instrument, executed with form and solemnity, bestowing rights or privileges.3. Privilege; immunity; exemption.My mother, Who has a charter to extol her blood, When she does praise me, grieves me.CHARTER, v.t. 1. To hire or to let a ship by charter. [See Charter-party.]2. To establish by charter. |
CHART'ER, n. [Fr. chartre, from L. charta. See Card.]- A written instrument, executed with usual forms, given as evidence of a grant, contract, or whatever is done between man and man. In its more usual sense, it is the instrument of a grant conferring powers, rights, and privileges, either from a king, or other sovereign power, or from a private person, as a charter of exemption, that no person shall be impannelled on a jury, a charter of pardon, &c. The charters under which most of the colonies in America were settled, were given by the king of England, and incorporated certain persons, with powers to hold the lands granted, to establish a government, and make laws for their own regulation. These were called charter-governments.
- Any instrument, executed with form and solemnity, bestowing rights or privileges. – Dryden. South.
- Privilege; immunity; exemption.
My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me. – Shak.
CHART'ER, v.t.- To hire or let a ship by charter. [See Charter-party.]
- To establish by charter. – Buchanan.
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Char"ter
- A written
evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made,
etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
- To
establish by charter.
- An instrument in writing, from the
sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form,
bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.
- To hire or let by charter, as a ship.
See Charter party, under Charter,
n.
- An act of a legislative body creating
a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and
privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted
authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating
a lodge and defining its powers.
- A special privilege, immunity, or
exemption.
- The letting or hiring a
vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby
a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or
charter. See Charter party, below.
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Charter CHARTER, noun 1. A written instrument, executed with usual forms, given as evidence of a grant, contract, or whatever is done between man and man. In its more usual sense, it is the instrument of a grant conferring powers, rights and privileges, either from a king or other wovereign power, or from a private person, as a charter of exemption, that no person shall be empannelled on a jury, a charter of pardon, etc. The charters under which most of the colonies in America were settled, were given by the king of England, and incorporated certain persons, with powers to hold the lands granted, to establish a government, and make laws for their own regulation. These were called charter-governments. 2. Any instrument, executed with form and solemnity, bestowing rights or privileges. 3. Privilege; immunity; exemption. My mother, Who has a charter to extol her blood, When she does praise me, grieves me. CHARTER, verb transitive 1. To hire or to let a ship by charter [See Charter-party.] 2. To establish by charter |
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