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Boc

Boc, a charter, Ang. -Sax.

Always Afloat

Always Afloat. Charter-parties often require that a ship shall discharge her cargo 'always afloat.' This means that the port to which

Pancarte

A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions

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Bookland

Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services which differed in nothing from free socage lands

mutual savings bank

a state chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees Abbreviated MSB

Federal National Mortgage Association

A federally chartered corporation that purchases and resells mortgages

Magna Carta

Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I

University

similar alterations in the law with regard to the University of Dublin and Trinity College. The (English) College Charter Act, 1871 (34 & 75 Vict. c. 63), provides that a copy of any application for a charter

Doctors' Commons

an institution near St. Paul's Cathedral, where the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts were held. In 1768 a royal charter was obtained, by virtue of which the members of the society and their successors were incorporated under the

Ultra vires

exceeding its authority. If the powers are given or acquired at common law or by custom or by charter, the corporation is a person at common law and may do anything which an ordinary person can do

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