FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, fre...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V10,
Page 932
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also: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 (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
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
.
End of Article: FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)
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