Charge
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
contracts, is an obligation entered into by the owner of an estate which makes the estate responsible for its performance.
Vide 2 Ball & Beatty, 223; 8 Com. Dig. *306, Appendix, h. t.
Any obligation binding upon him who enters into it, which may be removed or taken away by a discharge. T. de la Ley, h. t