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Charta

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A charter or deed in writing; any signal or token by which an estate was held. ■ Charta Chyrographata. An indenture. between them in such a manner as to divide the word in the separation of the two parts of the indenture.

Charta Communis

An indenture.

Charta Partita

A charter party.

Charta de Una Parte

A deed poll; a deed of one part. Formerly this phrase was used to distinguish a deed poll — which is an agreement made by one party only; that is, only one of the parties does any act which is binding upon him — from a deed inter partes.

Co. Litt. 229.

See "Deed Poll."

See Deed Poll.