Word Finder - chartering

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To grant or establish a charter.

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To lease or hire something by charter.

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(of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.

Felipa definitely needed his help with chartering the helicopter, but he could have done that from Houston.

He successfully opposed a bill providing for what would have been practically an irredeemable currency, and he voted against the bill for chartering the second United States bank, although it provided for the redemp - tion of bank notes in specie, because he objected to permitting the government to have so large a share in its management.

He was prominent among those who brought about the chartering of Greater New York in 1897, and in this year was an unsuccessful candidate, on an independent ticket, for mayor of New York City; in 1900, on a fusion ticket, he was elected mayor and served in 1901-1903.

Although the tendency in Massachusetts is towards chartering as cities " towns " which have a population of 12,000 or more, the democratic institution of the town-meeting persists in many large municipalities which are still technically towns.'

The state also derives an income from fees charged for chartering banks, railways, insurance companies and other corporations.

Matters of a local or special nature, such as bills for chartering and incorporating gas, water, canal, tramway, railway or telephone companies, or for conferring franchises in the nature of monopolies or special privileges upon such companies, or for altering their constitutions, as also for incorporating cities or minor communities and regulating their affairs.

The constitution forbids the chartering of corporations except according to general laws.

Important events in the period of royal government were the preaching of George Whitefield in 1739 and the following years, and the chartering of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1746, and of Queen's (now Rutgers) College in 1766.

It is significant, if true, that part of the money for chartering his vessel was supplied from the secretservice fund of the United States government.

Yacht chartering either bareboat or skippered is the perfect solution for those who want to sail at their own pace.

In some cases, a group that really wants to attend or host a Christian day cruise will have to take matters into their own hands by chartering a cruise ship and building the event from the ground up.

Since it's nearly impossible to find cruises that have already been planned with a Christian itinerary and theme, you could consider chartering your own cruise ship.

By chartering a ship you get to control everything-the itinerary, seminars, music, menu, length of the trip, and more.

If you are determined to sail the Mighty Mississippi from Memphis to New Orleans, St. Louis or St. Paul, then you might consider chartering your own vessel.