1.   The colony was doomed to be swallowed by Massachusetts and Rhode Island, which had royal charters as it did not.

2.   One thing that helps cautious consumers is that a bank must have a charter to do business.

3.   This is supposed to tell you whether a bank has a legitimate government charter to conduct business and is insured by the FDIC.

4.   Until now, many Keycorp banks have had state charters, but it will now merge them into one federally chartered bank.

5.   Shafee said it was important that these agencies had client charters for their staff to follow.

6.   Australia has a charter under the International Cricket Council to promote the development of the game in Asia.

7.   Ruehe said there was an emerging consensus within NATO that the alliance should have a charter with Russia built around formalised consultation arrangements between NATO and Russia.