Definition of blank charter
1
obsolete
: a charter given to a crown agent in Richard II's time with liberty to fill it out as he pleased
2
: liberty to do as one pleases
our substitutes at home shall have blank charters— Shakespeare
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“Blank charter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20charter. Accessed 16 May. 2021.
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