A chartered company is an association with investors or shareholders that is incorporated and granted rights (often exclusive rights) by royal charter (or similar instrument of government) for the purpose of trade, exploration, or colonization, or a combination of these.
Notable chartered companies (with years of formation)
Austrian
British
The article Chartered Companies in the Encyclopædia 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.
Danish (and Norwegian until 1814)
Dutch
English
French
German
Polish-Lithuanian
Portuguese
Russian
Scottish
Spanish
Swedish
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See also American Colonization Society Articles of association Articles of incorporation Articles of organization British colonisation of the Americas Certificate of incorporation Charter Collegium Congressional charter Government-sponsored enterprise Hong (business) South Manchuria Railway and Chinese Eastern Railway
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