Look up: Charter

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   charter
   [n] - a contract to hire or lease transportation 2. [n] - a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights 3. [v] - grant a charter to
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   Charter
   a formal document witnessing the grant of land or of special privileges by a LORD, especially the King to a VASSAL.
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   Charter
   A document, usually given by a King or Queen, that gives a certain group of possessions or privileges. The Hudson's Bay and the East India Company charters gave them trading rights in a certain area.
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   charter
   Open letter recording that a grant of land or privileges had been made on a specific date, as in the Magna Carta. Witnesses either signed, made their mark, or affixed their seal. Based on the Roman...
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   charter
   in the Federal Republic of Germany, the new airport terminal of Frankfurt will have...a special aircraft parking area for --. Category: Transport • a contract for the letting,hire or lease of an asset,usually a ship or an aircraft Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • once approved, the charter becomes the legal constitution of the business corporation: it lega...
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   Charter
   Char'ter noun [ Old French chartre , French chartre , charte , from Latin chartula a little paper, dim. of charta . See Chart , Card .] 1. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. [ Archaic] 2. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a s ...
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   Charter
   Char'ter transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Chartered ; present participle & verbal noun Chartering .] 1. To establish by charter. 2. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party , under Charter , noun
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   charter
   noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
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   charter
   verb grant a charter to
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    Charter
    A `charter` is a document bestowing certain rights on a town, city, university, land or institution; sometimes used as a loan of money. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights. The term derives from the Latin word `Carta` word meaning `paper`.
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    Charter
    • (n.) An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. • (n.) 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
    (from the article `Portugal`) ...had been granted by the crown) from those who demanded a `democratic` constitution like that of 1822. In September 1836 the latter, thenceforth ... ...of Brazil, became Peter IV of Portugal but constitutionally abdicated in favour of his daughter Maria, then seven years of age. She was to marry...
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    charter
    a document granting certain specified rights, powers, privileges, or functions from the sovereign power of a state to an individual, corporation, ... [9 related articles]
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    charter
    A formal document that creates a corporation.…
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    charter
    charter, document granting certain rights, powers, or functions. It may be issued by the sovereign body of a state to a local governing body, university, or other corporation or by the constituted authority of a society or order to a local unit. The term was widely applied to various royal grants of...
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