charter

sostantivo

1. 1

   A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.

2. 2

   A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.

3. 3

   A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.

4. 4

   The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.

5. 5

   A deed (legal contract).

6. 6

   A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.

   My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.

7. 7

   a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity

   In what Derbyshire police say amounts to a "thieves' charter," three judges ruled that because the car's identity had been changed it was impossible to trace the legal owner and therefore the person found in possession of it was entitled to keep it.

   [object Object]

aggettivo

1. 1

   Leased or hired.

verbo

1. 1

   To grant or establish a charter.

2. 2

   To lease or hire something by charter.

3. 3

   (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.

Forme

plurale

charters

passato

chartered

participio passato

chartered

participio presente

chartering

3ª persona singolare

charters