Note 190 — PART III. MAGNA CARTA: ITS FORM AND CONTENTS.
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In strict legal theory the complete investiture of the grantee required that “charter” should be followed by “infeftment” or delivery (real or constructive) of the subject of the grant. In the case of such intangible things as political rights and liberties, the actual parchment on which the Charter was written would be the most natural symbol to deliver to the grantees.