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Original Charter
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Magna Carta
small island, still called Magna Charta Island, situated in the Thames, not far from Aukerwyke, in Buckinghamshire. Many originals of the great Charter were made, for the purpose of depositing one in every diocese. Two of these
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Company
but not now so frequently as some years ago, styled a Joint Stock Company. A company has its origin either (1) in a charter, as the Bank of England and many insurance companies; or (2) in a
Bank
to its origin, see Macaulay's Hist. Of England, ch. Xx.; Hall. Const. Hist., ch. xv.; and for the original Charter, see Pulling's Statutory Rules and Orders, vol. I., tit. 'Bank.' (2) The Bank of Scotland, established by Wm.
Copy
Copy [copia, Lat.], the transcript or double of an original writing; as the copy of a patent charter, deed, etc. As to when copies certified or examined are
Civil Engineer
Civil Engineer. In 1923 the Institution of Civil Engineers was granted a supplemental Royal Charter which gives members and associate members an exclusive right to describe themselves as 'Chartered Civil Engineers.' The term … members and associate members an exclusive right to describe themselves as 'Chartered Civil Engineers.' The term 'engineer' was originally understood to mean military engineer; the word 'civil' was therefore applied to distinguish the institution.
constitution
also the Judicial System and the Constitution in the back matter compare charter, declaration NOTE: A constitution was originally simply a law, ordinance, or decree usually made by a king, emperor, or other superior authority. A constitution
organic law
organic law : the body of laws (as in a constitution or charter) that form the original foundation of a government ;also : one of the laws that make up such a body
Bock-land, Boc-land, or Book-land
Bock-land, Boc-land, or Book-land, one of the original modes of tenure of manor-land, also called charter-land or deep-land, which was held by a short and simple
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