| 单词 | fancy franchise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfancy franchise d. fancy franchise: one based on an arbitrarily determined qualification (see quot. 1868). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one of principles on which right based > specific pot-walling1455 property qualification1794 pot-wobbling1796 household suffrage1819 fancy franchise1859 occupation franchise1862 lodger-franchise1867 1859 Hansard Commons 28 Feb. 1025 [John Bright loq.] I say, all these fancy franchises are absurd. 1868 Chambers's Encycl. X. 695/2 The dual vote was early abandoned, and its abandonment involved that of the ‘fancy’ franchises..they proposed to give votes to all who paid £1 annually in direct taxes (not including licences), who belonged to certain of the better educated professions, or who had £50 in a savings-bank or in the funds. 1889 Tablet 21 Dec. 983 Fancy franchises were also abandoned. < as lemmas |
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