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Webster 1913 Edition
Charter
Char′ter
,Noun.
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 state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.
The king [John,
a.d
. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter
which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the “Great Charter
,” either granted or secured very important liberties and privileges to every order of men in the kingdom. Hume.
3.
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.
4.
A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
My mother,
Who has a
When she does praise me, grieves me.
Who has a
charter
to extol her blood,When she does praise me, grieves me.
Shakespeare
5.
(Com.)
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
. See charter
Charter party
, below. Charter land
(O. Eng. Law)
, land held by charter, or in socage; bookland.
– Charter member
, one of the original members of a society or corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part in the first proceedings under it.
– Charter party
[F.
chartre partie
, or charte partie
, a divided charter; from the practice of cutting the instrument of contract in two, and giving one part to each of the contractors] (Com.)
, a mercantile lease of a vessel; a specific contract by which the owners of a vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal part of the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter in transportation for his own account, either under their charge or his.
– People’s Charter
(Eng. Hist.)
, the document which embodied the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English government in 1838.
Char′ter
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chartered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chartering
.] 1.
To establish by charter.
2.
Webster 1828 Edition
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, &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
,Verb.
T.
1.
To hire or to let a ship by charter. [See Charter-party.]2.
To establish by charter.Definition 2024
charter
charter
English
Alternative forms
- chartre (obsolete)
Noun
charter (plural charters)
- A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
- The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
- A deed (legal contract).
- A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- Shakespeare
- My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.
- Shakespeare
Translations
document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc
a contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel
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the temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle
Adjective
charter (not comparable)
Translations
leased or hired
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Verb
charter (third-person singular simple present charters, present participle chartering, simple past and past participle chartered)
See also
Translations
grant or establish a charter