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Achartered company is an association with investors orshareholders that isincorporated and granted rights (oftenexclusive rights) byroyal charter (or similar instrument of government) for the purpose of trade, exploration, orcolonization, or a combination of these.[1]
The articleChartered Companies in theEncyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, by William Bartleet Duffield, contains a detailed narrative description of the development of some of the companies in England and, later, Britain.[2]
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