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CHARRE OF LEAD
A quantity consisting of 36 pigs of lead, each pig weighing about 70 pounds.

A quantity consisting of 36 pigs of lead, each pig weighing about 70 pounds. Less...
CHART
The word "chart," as used in tbe copyright law, does not include sheets of paper exhibiting tabulated or methodically arranged information. Taylor v. Gllman (C C.) 24 Fed. 632.

The word "chart," as used in tbe copyright law, does not include sheets of paper exhibiting tabulated or methodically arranged information. Taylor v. Gllman (C C.) 24 Fed. 632. Less...
CHARTA
In old English law. A charter or deed; an instrument written and sealed; the formal evidence of conveyances and contracts. Also any signal or token by which an estate was held. The term came to be applied, by way of eminence, to such documents as proceeded from the sovereign, granting More...

In old English law. A charter or deed; an instrument written and sealed; the formal evidence of conveyances and contracts. Also any signal or token by which an estate was held. The term came to be applied, by way of eminence, to such documents as proceeded from the sovereign, granting liberties or privileges, and either where the recipient of the grant was the whole nation, as in the case of Magna Charta, or a public body, or private individual, in which case it corresponded to the modern word "charter." In the civil law. Paper, suitable for the inscription of documents or books; hence, any instrument or writing. See Dig. 32, 52, 6; Nov. 44, 2. —Charta communis. In old English law. A common or mutual charter or deed; one containing mutual covenants, or involving mutuality of obligation; one to which both parties might have occasion to refer, to establish their respective rights. Bract, fols. 33b, 34.— Charta eyrographata. In old English law. A chirographed charter; a charter executed in two parts, and cut through the middle, (acindi-tur per medium,) where the word "cyrograph-am," or "chirographum," was written In large letters. Bract, fol. 34; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 14, f 3.—Charta de foresta. A collection of the laws of the forest, made in the 9th Hen. III. and said to have been originally a part of Magna Charta.—Charta de una parte. A deed-poll.—Charta-partita. (Literally, a deed divided.) A charter-party. 3 Kent, Comm. 201. Charta non est nisi ?catimcntum do- nationia. A deed is nothing else than the vestment of a gift. Co. Litt 36. Less...
CHARTAE LIBERTATUM
The charters (grants) of liberties. These are Magna Charta and Charta de Foresta. Chartarnm super fidcm, mortuia tea-tibus, ad patriam de ncocasitudinc rc-currendum eat. Co. Litt. 36. The witnesses being dead, the truth of charters must of necessity be referred to the country, i. e., a jury.

The charters (grants) of liberties. These are Magna Charta and Charta de Foresta. Chartarnm super fidcm, mortuia tea-tibus, ad patriam de ncocasitudinc rc-currendum eat. Co. Litt. 36. The witnesses being dead, the truth of charters must of necessity be referred to the country, i. e., a jury. Less...
CHARTE
Fr. A chart, or plan, which mariners use at sea.

Fr. A chart, or plan, which mariners use at sea. Less...
CHARTE-PARTIE
Fr. In French marine law. A charter-party.

Fr. In French marine law. A charter-party. Less...
CHARTEL
A challenge to a single combat; also an instrument or writing between two states for settling the exchange of prisoners of war.

A challenge to a single combat; also an instrument or writing between two states for settling the exchange of prisoners of war. Less...
CHARTER
v. In mercantile law. To hire or lease a vessel for a voyage. A "chartered" is distinguished from a "seeking" ship. 7 East 24.

v. In mercantile law. To hire or lease a vessel for a voyage. A "chartered" is distinguished from a "seeking" ship. 7 East 24. Less...
CHARTER
n. An instrument emanating from the sovereign power, in the nature of a grant, either to the whole nation, or to a class or portion of the people, or to a colony or dependency, and assuring to them certain rights, liberties, or powers. Such was the "Great Charter" or "Magna More...

n. An instrument emanating from the sovereign power, in the nature of a grant, either to the whole nation, or to a class or portion of the people, or to a colony or dependency, and assuring to them certain rights, liberties, or powers. Such was the "Great Charter" or "Magna Charta," and such also were the charters granted to certain of the English colonies in America. See Story, Const g 161. An act of the legislative department of government creating a corporation, is called the "charter" of the corporation. Merrick v. Van Santvoord, 34 N. Y. 214; Bent v. Under-down, 156 Ind. 516, 60 N. El 307; Morris A E. R. Co. v. Com'rs, 37 N. J. Law, 237. In old English law. The term denoted a deed or other written instrument under seal; a conveyance, covenant, or contract. In old Scotch law. A disposition made by a superior to his vassal, for something to he performed or paid by him. 1 Forb. Inst pt 2, b. 2, c. 1, tit 1. A writing which contains the grant or transmission of the feudal right to the vassal. Ersk. Inst 2, 3, 19. —Charter of pardon. In English law. An instrument under the great seal, by which a pardon is granted to a man for a felony or other offense.—Charter of the forest. See CHARTA DE FOREST A.—Charter rolls. Ancient English records of royal charters, granted between the years 1199 and 1516. Less...
CHARTER-HOUSE
Formerly a convent of Carthusian monks in London; now a college founded and endowed by Thomas Sutton. The governors of the charter-house are a corporation aggregate without a head, president, or superior, all the members being of equal authority. 8 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 14, 97.

Formerly a convent of Carthusian monks in London; now a college founded and endowed by Thomas Sutton. The governors of the charter-house are a corporation aggregate without a head, president, or superior, all the members being of equal authority. 8 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 14, 97. Less...

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