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FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, fre...

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 932 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, See also:franc, See also:free)  , in See also:English See also:law, a royal See also:privilege or See also:branch of the See also:crown's See also:prerogative subsisting in the hands of a subject . A See also:franchise is an incorporeal See also:hereditament, and arises either from royal grants or from See also:prescription which presupposes a See also:grant . Such franchises are bodies corporate, the right to hold a See also:fair, See also:market, See also:ferry, See also:free See also:fishery, &c . The See also:term is also applied to the right of voting at elections and the qualifications upon which that right is based (see See also:REGISTRATION; See also:REPRESENTATION; See also:VOTE) . In the See also:United States the term is especially applied to the right or See also:powers of partial See also:appropriation of public See also:property by exclusive use, or to a privilege of a public nature conferred on a See also:corporation created for the purpose .

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