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charter

1. A deed is sometimes called a charter from its materials. 2. The primary meaning - a deed or sealed instrument - is obsolete. Used alone, the word now refers to certain instruments which eminate from government, in the nature of letters-patent. See 1 Story, Const. § 161. The king's grants, whether of lands, honors, liberties, franchises, or aught besides, are contained in charters or letters-patent, q.v.,

Source : William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law (1893)

Language : English

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