| 释义 |
ˈfrank-ˌtenement Law.
[a. AFr.; see frank a.2 and tenement.]
= freehold. So ˈfrank-ˈtenure [see tenure].
[1292Britton iii. ii. §2 Brefs de dreit de mariage ne sount mie fraunc tenement.] 1523Fitzherb. Surv. 14 Yet haue they no franke tenement bycause of the commen lawe. 1592West 1st Pt. Symbol. §41 B, An estate of franktenement, is where a man hath the freehold of land. 1600Holland Livy xxi. xlv. (1609) 419 To enjoie to them and their heires for ever, as freehold in frank tenure. 1643Sir J. Spelman Case of Affairs 6 Yet does not he deprive the Lord of his Lordship in the Copy-hold, nor..devest the Fee and Frank-tenement out of the lord.
fig.1593Harvey Supererog. Wks. (Grosart) II. 229 See, how the daggletaild rampalion bustleth for the frank-tenement of the dung-hill. |