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Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1742. A charter is a document that gives colonies the legal rights to exist. Charters can bestow certain rights on a town, city, university, or other institution. Colonial charters were approved when the king gave a grant of exclusive powers for the governance of land to proprietors or a settlement company.
In English law, a writ of scire facias (Latin, meaning literally "make known") is a writ founded upon some judicial record directing the sheriff to make the record known to a specified party, and requiring the defendant to show cause why the party bringing the writ should not be able to cite that record in his own interest, or formerly why, in the case of letters patent and grants, the patent ...
In project management, a project charter or project definition (sometimes called the terms of reference) is provided by the sponsor to formally authorize the existence of a project. It provides a preliminary delineation of roles and responsibilities, outlines the project purpose and objectives, identifies key stakeholders, and defines the ...
Charter for European Security; Charter of Duke Trpimir; Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions; Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; Charter of Liberties; Charter of the Commonwealth; Charter of the Forest; Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company; Charter of the Organisation of Islamic ...
It was created on 1 April 2011 (as Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service) by the merger of Her Majesty's Courts Service and the Tribunals Service. [ 2 ] The agency is responsible for the administration of the courts of England and Wales , the Probate Service and tribunals in England and Wales and non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and ...
The Citizen's Charter was a British political initiative launched by the then prime minister, John Major, on 22 July 1991, less than a year into his premiership. [ 1 ] Aims
Dissolution is the revocation of a corporation's charter for significant harm to society. [2] In some countries, there are corporate manslaughter laws; however, almost all countries enable the revocation of a corporate charter. There have been numerous calls in the literature for a "corporate death penalty".
The term charter covers a range of written legal documentation, including diplomas, writs and wills. [1] A diploma was a royal charter that granted rights over land or other privileges by the king, whereas a writ was an instruction (or prohibition) by the king which may have contained evidence of rights or privileges.