charter Definition
char·ter (c̸härt′ər)
noun
- a franchise or written grant of specified rights made by a government or ruler to a person, corporation, etc.
- a document setting forth the aims and principles of a united group, as of nations
- the constitution of a city, setting forth its governmental organization and powers
- the Charter of the United Nations
- a document by which a society authorizes the organization of a local chapter or lodge
- a special privilege or exemption
- the hire or lease of a ship, bus, airplane, etc.
- the agreement governing this
- Eng. Law an instrument, esp. a deed
Etymology: ME chartre < OFr < L chartula, dim. of charta: see card
transitive verb
- to grant a charter to
- to hire or lease by charter
- to hire for exclusive use
charter Related Forms
char′·terer noun
charter Synonyms
charter
n.
charter Synonyms
charter
v.
charter Law Definition
n
- A formal document by which a sovereign or a government grants rights, powers, and privileges to a person, business, or the people.
- The highest law of any organization. See also articles of incorporation and by-law.
- The lease or rental of an airplane, bus, ship, or similar mode of transportation.
corporate charter
- A legislative act that establishes a corporation (including its purpose and basic governing structure) or defines a corporate franchise.
- See certificate of incorporation.
- See articles of incorporation.
Great Charter
See Magna Carta.
charter Usage Examples
Object
yacht: Travel information We will charter the yachts from Saturday to Saturday.
Converse of object
- skipper: They are fine examples of the class and are offered for bareboat or skippered charter.
- grant: He was granted a charter to the lands by James VI in 1610 13.
- violate: Similarly, using any GIGER server to post advertisements or messages that violate the charter of any newsgroup or mailing list is prohibited.
Adjective modifier
- royal: A royal charter was granted to the hospital in 1758.
- Anglo-Saxon: The Anglo-Saxon charters are also a rich source ( yet to be extracted ).
- un: No government has transposed the UN charter into national law, for example.
- spurious: The boundaries attached to a spurious charter attributed to Edgar ( Cart.
Modifies a noun
- flight: Charter flights provide a further option from some UK airports.
- airline: Some charter airlines operate seasonal services from the UK to coastal airports.
- yacht: All our charter yachts are fully equipped for cruising in comfort and have full safety, navigational and domestic equipment.
- flight-only: Book cheap flights to Tenerife online with Avro, the UK's leading charter flight-only company.
- boat: The charter boat Lady Helen was waiting for us.
- skipper: No injuries occurred to the divers but the competence of the charter boat skippers operating in the area was called into question.
Noun used with modifier
- bareboat: It had taken a bareboat charter of the vessel from September 2004.
- bought-in: It should be noted that most scheduled air tickets and bought-in charter flights are non-transferable and name changes are not permitted.
- yacht: Car hire, boat and yacht charter can be arranged.
- cross-strait: The following are the ROC government¡¦s position on the 2005 Lunar New Year cross-strait charter flights.
- dive: Keith & Pearl Thomson - Boat hire & dive boat charters of Scapa Flow.
Preposition: of
incorporation: In 1848, under the terms of the Municipal Corporation Act of 1835, the town received a charter of incorporation.
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