Under the old charter, they could essentially sit back and wait for matters to come to them on the board.

"You burning the old charter, that's what won the war."

The council fairly quickly decided to revert to the government as it had been under the old charter.

In the old charters, the village was mentioned in 1234.

The village is a very ancient settlement mentioned in the old charters.

It's a tradition, see, or an old charter or something like that.

It was a tradition or an old charter or something.

It is just another tradition, an old charter or something.

Can't you remember the wording of the old charter?

Under the old charter, Christians had a parliamentary majority.