• All over Europe the basic patterns were established in all the early medieval kingdoms in terms both of the functions of the charters and of the social organization supporting their production and use in the localities.
• While the charter served a treaty-like function during the baronial wars, its reissue in time of peace established it as a basis of government.
• They see proposals for a constitutional charter of rights as a frontal attack on their very notion of the rule of law and of the legitimate judicial method, as they see it.

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• One of the tenets in the chamber of commerce charter states that employees should be able to handle complaints.
• Sites were interrogated to find whether they included promises of good practice, customer care charters, data protection statements or information about complaints and appeals procedures.
• Today's white paper will set out a 10-point customer commitment charter aimed at recruiting the public in the battle against crime and anti social behaviour in their area.

• This is a charter for the rich who don't care, for firms blithe enough to bung it on to their fees, for unions powerful enough to make the employer stump up.

• With tickets on public transport in such short supply, church and community groups from across Poland are organizing their own charters.
• Dive charters are organised between April and October at a cost of approx £750 all-inclusive for ten days.
• Those who hire a charter have no such liability.

• Through a series of charters and fishing trips I worked my way through the islands and back to mainland, arriving in Belize.
• It's only really a practical destination from a charter or from a trip based in Normandy.
• While golf charters on smaller ships have been successful, some upscale lines with medium to large ships have replaced outside operators with their own programs.