Charter
Charter
Charter, document conferring rights or privileges on an individual or a group of people. The term originally applied to a written conveyance of land titles, often between private parties. In this sense the word now used is deed. The term charter is used to describe a grant of land or special privileges by the state, or a solemn guaranty by the sovereign of popular rights. The Magna Carta, or the Great Charter, issued by King John of England in 1215, is one of the primary constitutional documents of the United Kingdom. (1)
Charter, By-Laws
From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Charter, By-Laws (1): The articles of organization or the charter which is the constitution of the corporation may provide who may be officers of a religious society and limit their authority. The constitution usually gives further authority to make by-laws which are binding on the officers as well as on the members.274
Concept of Charter
Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law.
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- State Government
- Local Government
- Local Government Law
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- Corporate charter
- Charter-party
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- Time (Time charter)
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- Charter-party
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- Bareboat charter
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- Affreightment
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- Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
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- Religion
- Church
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Charter and the Treaties of the European Union
Description of Charter provided by the European Union Commission: The term “charter” is used for particularly formal and solemn instruments, such as the constituent treaty of an international organization. The term itself has an emotive content that goes back to the Magna Carta of 1215. Well-known recent examples are the Charter of the United Nations of 1945 and the Charter of the Organization of American States of 1952.
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Charter and the Treaties of the European Union
Description of Charter provided by the European Union Commission: The term “charter” is used for particularly formal and solemn instruments, such as the constituent treaty of an international organization. The term itself has an emotive content that goes back to the Magna Carta of 1215. Well-known recent examples are the Charter of the United Nations of 1945 and the Charter of the Organization of American States of 1952.
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Popular Treaties Topics
- Treaties of the United Nations (UN)
- Types of Treaties
- International Treaties
- Famous Treaties
- Law of Treaties
- Numbered Treaties
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