Definition of franchise

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Franchise (a.) The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary..

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Free :: Free (superl.) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of.
Suffrage :: Suffrage (n.) The right to vote; franchise.
Enfranchisement :: Enfranchisement (n.) Releasing from slavery or custody.
Franchise :: Franchise (v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
Privilege :: Privilege (n.) A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise..
Disfranchisement :: Disfranchisement (n.) The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities..
Enfranchise :: Enfranchise (v. t.) To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.
Enfranchisement :: Enfranchisement (n.) Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.
Freedom :: Freedom (n.) Privileges; franchises; immunities.
Franchise :: Franchise (a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote..
Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls..
Diffranchisement :: Diffranchisement () See Disfranchise, Disfranchisement..
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail..
Franchisement :: Franchisement (n.) Release; deliverance; freedom.
Disfranchised :: Disfranchised (imp. & p. p.) of Disfranchis.
Disenfranchise :: Disenfranchise (v. t.) To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.
Disturbance :: Disturbance (n.) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like..
Nonuser :: Nonuser () Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
Tenement :: Tenement (n.) Any species of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free / frank tenements..
Affranchise :: Affranchise (v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise.
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