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Webster 1913 Edition


Charter

Char′ter

,
Noun.
[OF.
chartre
, F.
chartre
,
charte
, fr. L.
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 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
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
charter
. See
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.
To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See
Charter party
, under
Charter
,
Noun.

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

Noun

charter (plural charters)

  1. A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
  2. A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
  3. A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
  4. The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
  5. A deed (legal contract).
  6. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
    • Shakespeare
      My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.

Translations

Adjective

charter (not comparable)

  1. Leased or hired.

Translations

Verb

charter (third-person singular simple present charters, present participle chartering, simple past and past participle chartered)

  1. (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
  2. (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.

See also

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Anagrams


French

Etymology

Borrowing from English charter.

Noun

charter m (plural charters)

  1. a charter flight
  2. a charter plane
  3. a charter pilot

Anagrams


Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English charter.

Noun

charter m (invariable)

  1. Charter plane or flight

Adjective

charter (invariable)

  1. charter (attributive)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English charter.

Noun

charter m (plural charteres)

  1. A shuttlebus