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(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

Under the former system of equity practice, this phrase was used to characterize the usual method of taking an account before a master. After the plaintiff had presented his "charge," a written statement of the items of account for which he asked credit the defendant filed a counter-statement, called a "discharge," exhibiting any claims or demands he held against the plaintiff. … [Read more...] about CHARGE AND DISCHARGE

A nonprofit organization whose purpose and mission is to benefit the public in certain instances such as for education, religious and scientific purposes. The Internal Revenue Code defines the requirements which a charitable organization must meet in order to qualify for beneficial tax treatment under section 501(c)(3) of the IRC. … [Read more...] about CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION

Keeper of the chamber. Originally the chamberlain was the keeper of the treasure chamber (camera) of the prince or state; otherwise called "treasurer." Cowell. The name of several high officers of state in England, as the lord great chamberlain of England, lord chamberlain of the household, chamberlain of the exchequer. Cowell; Blount. The word is also used in some American … [Read more...] about CHAMBERLAIN