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

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