Charte

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

  Charte \Charte\, n. [F. See {Chart}.]
     The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy,
     as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  CHARTER. A grant made by the sovereign either to the whole people or to a 
  portion of them, securing to them the enjoyment of certain rights. Of the 
  former kind is the late charter of France, which extended to the whole 
  country; the charters which were granted to the different American colonies 
  by the British government were charters of the latter species. 1 Story, 
  Const. L. Sec. 161; 1 Bl. Com. 108 Encycl. Amer. Charte Constitutionelle. 
       2. A charter differs from a CONSTITUTION in this, that the former is 
  granted by the sovereign, while the latter is established by the people 
  themselves : both are the fundamental law of the land. 
       3. This term is susceptible of another signification. During the middle 
  ages almost every document was called carta, charta, or chartula. In this 
  sense the term is nearly synonymous with deed. Co. Litt. 6; 1 Co. 1; Moor. 
  Cas. 687. 
       4. The act of the legislature creating a corporation, is called its 
  charter. Vide 3 Bro. Civ. and Adm. Law, 188; Dane's Ab. h.t.