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Definition of Enfranchises
1. enfranchise [v] - See also: enfranchise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfranchises
Literary usage of Enfranchises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"(3) According to Fitzherbert, the marriage enfranchises the woman for ever ...
As Britton writes, if the villein marries his own lady, it enfranchises him ..."
2. Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing: With Dissertations on Its Law and by Frederick Prideaux, John Whitcombe (1889)
"Agreement for enfranchisement. Consideration. Lord enfranchises parcels. ...
the said AB, as beneficial owner, hereby enfranchises and convoys unto the said ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"... is exhibited in the following passages from the "remonstrance: " Section two
of article eight enfranchises every male negro over the age of twenty-one, ..."
4. Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of the Laws of England by John Henry Thomas, Sir Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Heneage Finch Nottingham, Edward Coke, Matthew Hale (1836)
"(10) According to Fitzherbert, the marriage enfranchises the woman for ever,-
and be cites as an authority Britton, who considers it as a negligence in the ..."
5. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"As Britton writes, if the villein marries his own lady, it enfranchises him for
ever. Brit. 78. b. If the marriage is with any other woman, it is clear, ..."
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