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Webster 1913 Edition


Enfranchisement

En-fran′chise-ment

,
Noun.
1.
Releasing from slavery or custody.
Shak.
2.
Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.
Enfranchisement of copyhold
(Eng. Law)
,
the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold.
Mozley & W.

Webster 1828 Edition


Enfranchisement

ENFRAN'CHISEMENT

,
Noun.
Release from slavery or custody.
1.
The admission of persons to the freedom of a corporation or state; investiture with the privileges of free citizens; the incorporating of a person into any society or body politic.

Definition 2024


enfranchisement

enfranchisement

English

Noun

enfranchisement (plural enfranchisements)

  1. The act of enfranchising
  2. The release from slavery
  3. The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
  4. (Britain, law) conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold
    enfranchisement of copyhold