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Charter

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

(n.) A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.

(2):

(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.

(3):

(v. t.) To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.

(4):

(n.) An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.

(5):

(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.

(6):

(n.) A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.

(7):

(v. t.) To establish by charter.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Charter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/charter.html. 1828.
 
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