Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Charta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Charta \Char"ta\, n. [L., leaf of paper. See {Chart}.] (Law)
(a) Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written;
parchment or paper.
(b) A charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made.
See {Magna Charta}.
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