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Bonus :: Bonus (n.) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter..

Magna Charta :: Magna Charta () The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I..

Inspeximus :: Inspeximus (n.) The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant..

Folkland :: Folkland (n.) Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was opposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed..

Royal :: Royal (a.) Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society..

Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship..

Affreighter :: Affreighter (n.) One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

Vacation :: Vacation (n.) The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter..

Date :: Date (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter..

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

Chartered :: Chartered (a.) Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter..

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..

Bockland :: Bockland (n.) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds..

Charterer :: Charterer (n.) One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.

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

Chartering :: Chartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Charte.

Recharter :: Recharter (n.) A second charter; a renewal of a 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.

Chartered :: Chartered (imp. & p. p.) of Charte.

Charta :: Charta (n.) A charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made. See Magna Charta.

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