[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

party \par"ty\, a. f. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. see
   part, v., and cf. partite.
   1. her. parted or divided, as in the direction or form of
      one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
      1913 webster

   2. partial; favoring one party; partisan.
      1913 webster

            i will be true judge, and not party.  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   charter party. see under charter.
      1913 webster
see also:
part partite charter party charter 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

charter \char"ter\, n. of. chartre, f. chartre, charte, fr. l.
   chartula a little paper, dim. of charta. see chart,
   card.
   1. a written evidence in due form of things done or granted,
      contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or
      conveyance. archaic
      1913 webster

   2. an instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a
      state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights,
      franchises, or privileges.
      1913 webster

            the king john, a.d. 1215, with a facility somewhat
            suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was
            required of him. this famous deed, commonly called
            the "great charter," either granted or secured very
            important liberties and privileges to every order of
            men in the kingdom.                   --hume.
      1913 webster

   3. an act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other
      corporation and defining its powers and privileges. also,
      an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities
      of an order or society as the freemasons, creating a
      lodge and defining its powers.
      1913 webster

   4. a special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
      1913 webster

            my mother,
            who has a charter to extol her blood,
            when she does praise me, grieves me.  --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. com. the letting or hiring a vessel by special contract,
      or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or
      let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. see
      charter party, below.
      1913 webster

   charter land o. eng. law, land held by charter, or in
      socage; bookland.

   charter member, one of the original members of a society or
      corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part
      in the first proceedings under it.

   charter party f. chartre partie, or charte partie, a
      divided charter; from the practice of cutting the
      instrument of contract in two, and giving one part to each
      of the contractors com., a mercantile lease of a
      vessel; a specific contract by which the owners of a
      vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal part of
      the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter in
      transportation for his own account, either under their
      charge or his.

   people's charter eng. hist., the document which embodied
      the demands made by the chartists, so called, upon the
      english government in 1838.
      1913 webster
see also:
chart card charter party charter land charter member people's charter 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chirograph \chi"rograph\, n. gr. ? written with the hand;
   chei`r hand + gra`fein to write. old. law
   a a writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed
       twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space
       between, in which was written the word chirographum,
       through which the parchment was cut, and one part given
       to each party. it answered to what is now called a
       charter party.
   b the last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot
       of the fine. --bouvier.
       1913 webster
see also:
charter party 

Charter >> C Words
Charter, definition of term: Charter
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Party >> P Words
Party, definition of term: Party
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Party Whip >> P Words
Party Whip, definition of term: Party Whip
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Party Line >> P Words
Party Line, definition of term: Party Line
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Search Party >> S Words
Search Party, definition of term: Search Party
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Whig Party >> W Words
Whig Party, definition of term: Whig Party
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Political Party >> P Words
Political Party, definition of term: Political Party
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Dinner Party >> D Words
Dinner Party, definition of term: Dinner Party
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American Party >> A Words
American Party, definition of term: American Party
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Communist Party >> C Words
Communist Party, definition of term: Communist Party
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