An itinerant vendor or small wares. A trader who trades from place to place. Say. 191, 192. CHAPTER. In ecclesiastical law. A congregation of ecclesiastical persons in a cathedral church, consisting of canons, or prebendaries, whereof the dean is the head, all subordinate to the bishop, to whom they act as assistants in matters relating to the church, for the better ordering and disposing the things thereof, and the confirmation of such leases of the temporalty and offices relating to the bishopric, as the bishop shall make from time to time. And they are termed "capitulum," as a kind of head, in- & R. 336; 3 Mass. 192. Character and reputation are not synonymous terms. Character is what a man or woman is mor- ally, while reputation is what he or she is reputed to be. Yet reputation is the estimate which the community has of a person's character; and it is the belief that moral character is wanting in an individual that renders him unworthy of belief; that is to say, that reputation is evidence of char- acter, and if the reputation is bad for truth, or rep- utation is bad in other respects affecting the moral character, then the jury may infer that the char- acter is bad and the witness not reliable. General character has always been proved by proving gen- eral reputation. 6 Or. 213. The word "character" no doubt has an objective and subjective import, which are quite distinct. As to the object, character is its quality. As to man, it is the quality of his mind, and his affec- tions, his capacity and temperament. But as a subjective term, certainly in the minds of others, one's character is the aggregate, or the abstract, of other men's opinions of one. And in this sense, when a witness speaks of the character of another witness for truth, he draws not upon his memory alone, but his judgment also. It is the conclusion of the mind of the witness, in summing up the amount of all the reports he has heard of the man, and declaring his character for truth, as held in the minds of his neighbors and acquaintances, and in this sense character, general character, and general report or reputation are the same, as held in the books. 26 Vt. 278. CHARGE, v. To impose a burden, ob- ligation, or lien; to create a claim against property; to claim, to demand; to accuse; to instruct a jury on matters of law. CHARGE, n. In general. An incum- brance, lien, or burden; an obligation or duty; a liability; an accusation. In contracts. An obligation, binding upon him who enters into it, which may be removed or taken away by a discharge. Termes de la Ley. An undertaking to keep the custody of an other person's goods. An obligation entered into by the owner of an estate, which binds the estate for its per-