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† ˈfolkright Obs. exc. Hist. [OE. folcriht f. folc folk + riht right.] ‘Common law, public right, the understood compact by which every freeman enjoys his rights as a freeman’ (Bosw.).
a1000Laws Cnut §1 Heonan-forð læte manna ᵹehwylcne, ᵹe earmne ᵹe eadiᵹne, folc-rihtes wyrðe. 1849Kemble Saxons II. vi. 205 New laws which were to be added to the existing folcriht. [1876Whitby Gloss., Fooakreeght, public right.] |