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Charter can be used as a synonym for "hire" or "lease", as in the "charter" of a bus, boat or plane. [ 1 ] A charter member (US English) of an organization is an original member; that is, one who became a member when the organization received its charter. [ 2 ]
A demise charter, or bareboat charter, is an arrangement for the hiring of a vessel for which no administration or technical maintenance is included as part of the agreement. The charterer obtains possession and full control of the vessel, along with the legal and financial responsibilities for it.
Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1742. A charter is a document that gives colonies the legal rights to exist. Charters can bestow certain rights on a town, city, university, or other institution. Colonial charters were approved when the king gave a grant of exclusive powers for the governance of land to proprietors or a settlement company.
A congressional charter is a law passed by the United States Congress that states the mission, authority, and activities of a group. Congress has issued corporate charters since 1791 and the laws that issue them are codified in Title 36 of the United States Code. [1] The first charter issued by Congress was for the First Bank of the United ...
Graphic charter, the rules about the graphic identity of an organisation; Project charter, a statement of the scope, objectives and participants in a project; University charter; Municipal charter; Charter school, a school that operates independently of the local public school system; Charter city, form of legal municipal structure
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but since the 14th century have only been used in place of private acts to grant a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.
The charter that the colony received was the royal charter of 1663. This charter, said to be one of the most liberal of the colonial era, not only granted the religious freedom that the colony sought, but also allowed Rhode Island to have local autonomy and gave the colony a much tighter grip on its territory. [4]
A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the Middle Ages . Traditionally, the granting of a charter gave a settlement and its inhabitants the right to town privileges under the feudal system .