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Definition of Enfranchisement
1. Noun. Freedom from political subjugation or servitude.
2. Noun. A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote).
Generic synonyms: Legal Right
Specialized synonyms: Right To Vote, Suffrage, Vote
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Enfranchise
3. Noun. The act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on.
Generic synonyms: Authorisation, Authorization, Empowerment
Specialized synonyms: Accreditation
Derivative terms: Certify, Certify
Antonyms: Disenfranchisement
Definition of Enfranchisement
1. n. Releasing from slavery or custody.
Definition of Enfranchisement
1. Noun. The act of enfranchising ¹
2. Noun. The release from slavery ¹
3. Noun. The investiture with any of several municipal privileges ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enfranchisement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfranchisement
Literary usage of Enfranchisement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing: With Dissertations on Its Law and by Frederick Prideaux, John Whitcombe (1889)
"(a) when the enfranchisement is effected at the instance of the lord; and (b)
where the ... Award of enfranchisement. enfranchisement not to affect coni- ..."
2. A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold, and Ancient Demesne Tenure: With by Henry Stalman, John Scriven (1846)
"And should all or twelve of the tenants concur, such enfranchisement may be
effected by a schedule of apportionment agreeed on with the lord, or prepared by ..."
3. The Law and Practice on Enfranchisements and Commutations: As Well by the by Archibald Brown (1903)
"And we now see, that in the case of a voluntary enfranchisement under the act,
the rentcharge (enfranchisement consideration) commences (under this section) ..."
4. The Modern Law of Real Property: With an Introduction for the Student, and by Louis Arthur Goodeve (1885)
"The voluntary enfranchisement may be either simply by conveyance from the lord
to the ... Compulsory enfranchisement is effected under the Copyhold Acts, ..."
5. Key and Elphinstone's Compendium of Precedents in Conveyancing by Thomas Key, Howard Warburton Elphinstone (1899)
"As to enfranchisement by deed. for LIFE of tlic MANOR. ... As to enfranchisement,
where the manor is in settlement, the tenant for life can. enfranchise ..."
6. Copyhold and Other Land Tenures of England by Benaiah Whitley Adkin (1907)
"The enfranchisement may be on such terms as subject to the provisions of this
... If the estate of the lord or of the tenant parties to the enfranchisement ..."
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