Charge in Europe
Definition of Charge
An obligation or liability. As applied to property, it signifies that it is security for the payment of a debt or performance of an obligation. In criminal law it means an accusation. A charge to a jury is the address of the presiding Judge with regard to the duties of the jury
After 1925, the only charges capable of subsisting at law are (1) A rentcharge in possession charged on land, being either perpetual or for a term of years absolute ; (2) A charge by way of legal mortgage ; (3) Land tax, tithe rentcharge or similar charge on land not created by an instrument. (Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 1, sub-s. 2.)
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Definition of Charge is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.
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