Charter vs Bylaw - What's the difference?
charter | bylaw |
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
the temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
A deed (legal contract).
A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
* Shakespeare
Leased or hired.
A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
As nouns the difference between charter and bylaw
is that charter is a document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges while bylaw is a local custom or law of a settlement or district.As an adjective charter
is leased or hired.As a verb charter
is to grant or establish a charter.charter
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Alternative forms
* chartre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.
