CHARTER

vt to establish by charter.

2. charter ·noun a special privilege, immunity, or exemption.

3. charter ·vt to hire or let by charter, as a ship. ·see charter party, under charter, ·noun.

4. charter ·noun a written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, ·etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.

5. charter ·noun an instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.

6. charter ·noun 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.

7. charter ·noun 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.