CHARGE, in Law, also signifies a thing done that bindeth him who doth it; and Discharge is the removal of that charge. Lands may be charged in various ways; as, by grant of rent out of it, by statutes, judgements, conditions, warranties, &c.
CHARGE of Horning, in Scots Law. See HORNING.
CHARGE to enter Heir, in Scots Law, a writing passing under the signet, obtained at the instance of a creditor, either against the heir of his debtor, for fixing upon him the debt as representing the debtor, which is called a general charge; or, against the debtor himself, or his heir, for the purpose of vesting him in the right of an heritable subject to which he has made up no title, in order the creditor may attach that subject for payment of his debt, in the same manner as if his debtor or his heir were legally vested in it by service or otherwise. This last kind is called a special charge.