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See ORDER. … [Read more...] about CHARGING ORDER

The charters (grants) of liberties. These are Magna Charta and Charta de Foresta. Chartarum super fidem, mortuis testibus, ad patriam de necessitudine recurrendum est. Co. Litt. 36. The witnesses being dead, the truth of charters must of necessity be referred to the country, i.e., a jury. … [Read more...] about CHARTAE LIBERTATUM

A chapter of the bankruptcy code that deals with personal bankruptcy; see Chapter 7. … [Read more...] about CHAPTER SEVEN

Having the character or purpose of a charity, (g. v.) Charitable institution. One administering a public or private charity; an eleemosynary institution. See People v. Fitch, 16 Misc. Rep. 464, 39 N. Y. Supp. 926; Balch v. Shaw, 174 Mass. 144, 54 N. E. 490; People v. New York Soc., etc., 162 N. Y. 429, 56 N. E. 1004; In re Vineland Historical, etc., Soc, 66 N. J. Eg. 291, 56 … [Read more...] about CHARITABLE

Fr. A chart, or plan, which mariners use at sea. … [Read more...] about CHARTE