charter

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a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights
a contract to hire or lease transportation
hold under a lease or rental agreement
grant a charter to
engage for service under a term of contract
A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man
An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges
An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers
A special privilege, immunity, or exemption
The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let
To establish by charter
To hire or let by charter, as a ship

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