Etymology : Middle English chartre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin chartula, from Latin, diminutive of charta
Pronunciation : chär-t&r
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. document granting certain rights and privileges; contract, lease. hire, rent. charter\char"ter\ , n. [of. chartre, f. chartre, charte, fr. l. chartula a little paper, dim. of charta. see:
chart, card.].
2. a written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. [archaic].
3. 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. ume.
4. 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.
5. a special privilege, immunity, or exemption. my mother, who has a charter to extol her blood, when she does praise me, grieves me.
6. (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.
7. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
8. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.
9. An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges.
10. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society , creating a lodge and defining its powers.
11. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
12. 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.
13. See Charter party, below.
14. To establish by charter.
15. To hire or let by charter, as a ship.
16. See Charter party, under Charter, n. a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation a contract to hire or lease transportation grant a charter to.
17. 1. A charter is a formal document describing the rights, aims, or principles of an organization or group of people. Article 50 of the United Nations Charter.
18. A charter plane or boat is one which is hired for use by a particular person or group and which is not part of a regular service. the last charter plane carrying out foreign nationals. frequent charter flights to Spain.
19. If a person or organization charters a plane, boat, or other vehicle, they hire it for their own use. He chartered a jet to fly her home from California to Switzerland Yesterday, a cargo ship chartered by the UN arrived in the capital carrying 1,550 tons of rice.
20. If you describe a decision or policy as a charter for someone or something you disapprove of, you mean that it is likely to help or encourage them. They described the Home Office scheme as a `charter for cheats'. Document granting certain specified rights, powers, privileges, or functions from the sovereign power of a state to a person, corporation, city, or other unit of local organization. In Magna Carta (1215), King John granted certain liberties to the English people. Elsewhere in medieval Europe, monarchs issued charters to towns, guilds, universities, and other institutions, granting the institution certain privileges and sometimes specifying how they should conduct their internal affairs. Later, charters were granted to overseas trading companies (e.g., the British East India Co.), granting them monopolies in certain areas. Britain's colonies in North America were established by charter. Modern charters may be corporate or municipal. A corporate charter, issued by a governmental body, grants individuals the power to form a corporation, or limited-liability company. A municipal charter is a law that creates a new political subdivision and allows the people within it to organize themselves into a municipal corporation, in effect delegating to the people the powers of local self-government. Atlantic Charter Charter Oath Charter of 1814 chartered company.
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