释义 |
† frank-ferm Law. Obs. [a. AF. franke ferme: see frank a.2 and farm n.2] Freehold tenure at a fixed rent.
1767Blackstone Comm. II. 81 It was thought, in the reigns of both Edward I and Charles II, a point of the utmost importance..to the tenants, to reduce the tenure by knight-service to fraunke ferme or tenure by socage. |