Franchise

Definition of Franchise

Fran´chise
n.1.Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
2.(LAw) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an immunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, is the one crowning franchise of the American people.
- W. H. Seward.
3.The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
Churches and mobasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals.
- London Encyc.
4.Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
Elective franchise
the privilege or right of voting in an election of public officers.
v. t.1.To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
[imp. & p. p. Franchised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Franchising.]

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