Definition of charter

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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..

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Disfranchise :: Disfranchise (v. t.) To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc..
Charter :: Charter (v. t.) To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n..
Charter :: Charter (v. t.) To establish by charter.
Chartered :: Chartered (a.) Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter..
Vacate :: Vacate (v. t.) To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause..
Chartism :: Chartism (n.) The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter..
Ultra Vires :: Ultra vires () Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship..
Vacation :: Vacation (n.) The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter..
Fuero :: Fuero (n.) A code; a charter; a grant of privileges.
Pancarte :: Pancarte (n.) A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions.
Recharter :: Recharter (n.) A second charter; a renewal of a charter.
Charter :: Charter (n.) A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance..
Law :: Law (n.) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community..
Chart :: Chart (n.) A written deed; a charter.
Inspeximus :: Inspeximus (n.) The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant..
Charterhouse :: Charterhouse (n.) A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London.
Hide :: Hide (n.) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres..
Chartered :: Chartered (a.) Hired or let by charter, as a ship..
Charter :: Charter (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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