USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -1. a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges. 2. ( often cap)

Detailed explanation-2: -charter, a document granting certain specified rights, powers, privileges, or functions from the sovereign power of a state to an individual, corporation, city, or other unit of local organization.

Detailed explanation-3: -A corporate charter is a document filed with the Secretary of State or registrar to establish a company as a corporation. The corporate charter must detail the governance, structure, objectives, operations, as well as other major details of the company.

Detailed explanation-4: -char·ter. : a grant or guarantee of rights, powers, or privileges from an authority or agency of a state or country. a state bank charter. compare constitution. : a written instrument that creates and defines the powers and privileges of a city, educational institution, or corporation compare articles of incorporation.

Detailed explanation-5: -First, a charter can be defined broadly as the highest law of an entity. More specifically: In corporate law, the articles of incorporation. In public law, the instrument by which a municipality is incorporated (e.g., city charter).