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Fr. In French marine law. A charter party. … [Read more...] about CHARTE-PARTIE

A witness who is called on behalf of another person (frequently a criminal defendant) to attest to the good moral character and nature of a person through their personal life experience and interaction with that person. Also frequently used to defend against allegations of fraudulent or dishonest conduct in civil actions. … [Read more...] about CHARACTER WITNESS

See charitable organization and charitable institution. … [Read more...] about CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

(verb) - To impose a burden, obligation, or Hen; to create a claim against property; to claim, to demand; to accuse; to instruct a jury on matters of law. In the first sense above given, a jury In a criminal case is "charged" with the duty of trying the prisoner (or, as otherwise expressed, with his fate or his "deliverance") as soon as they are impaneled and sworn, and at this … [Read more...] about CHARGE

One administering a public or private charity; an eleemosynary institution. See also Charitable Organization. … [Read more...] about CHARITABLE INSTITUTION