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

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

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

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

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

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.

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..

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..

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

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..

Disfranchisement :: Disfranchisement (n.) The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities..

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..

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..

Chartered :: Chartered (a.) Hired or let by charter, as a ship..

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

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

College :: College (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops..

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

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