in Gunnery, the quantity of powder and ball with which a gun is loaded for execution.

in Heraldry, is applied to the figures represented on the escutcheon, by which the bearers are distinguished from one another; and it is to be observed that too many charges are not so honourable as a smaller number.

Charge of Lead denotes a quantity of thirty-six pigs.

Law, denotes the instructions given to the jury, with respect to the articles of their inquiry, by the judge who presides on the bench.