Charte

Charte, a charter or system of constitutional law, embodied in a single document. The first such charter in France is known as the Grande Charte, or the Charter of King John (in 1355). But the constitution to which the term Charte is most frequently applied is that in which Louis XVIII. solemnly acknowledged the rights of the nation on his restoration in 1814. This Charte has ever since been considered the fundamental law of constitutional monarchy when that form of government has existed in France. A modification of it was sworn to, 29th August 1830, by Louis-Philippe, in which the sovereignty of the people is explicitly recognised. This Charte in its turn became a nullity by the revolution of February 1848.