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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.

Disfranchised :: Disfranchised (imp. & p. p.) of Disfranchis.

Franchise :: Franchise (a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

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..

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..

Charter :: Charter (n.) An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges..

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe..

Nonuser :: Nonuser () Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.

Infranchise :: Infranchise (v. t.) See Enfranchise.

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..

Frank-chase :: Frank-chase (n.) The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase.

Franchise :: Franchise (a.) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.

Freedom :: Freedom (n.) Privileges; franchises; immunities.

Railway :: Railway (n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver..

Enfranchise :: Enfranchise (v. t.) To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power..

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..

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..

Effranchise :: Effranchise (v. t.) To enfranchise.

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.

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