!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a type of [Organizational Entity] that evolved in the early modern era in primarily [Europe]. [{$pagename}] conferred a trading [monopoly] for the [Organizational Entity] in a specific geographic area or for a specific type of trade item.[{$pagename}] enjoyed certain rights and privileges and was bound by certain obligations, under a special charter granted to it by the [Sovereignty] (or authority of the [Jurisdiction]), such a charter defining and limiting those rights, privileges, and obligations and the localities in which they were to be exercised. [{$pagename}] was an association formed by investors or shareholders for the purpose of trade, exploration, and colonization.

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* [#1] - [Chartered_company|Wikipedia:Chartered_company|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-12-17-