单词 | frank-marriage |
释义 | † frank-marriagen. Law. Obsolete. A tenure in virtue of which a man and his wife held lands granted to them by the father or other near relative of the wife, the estate being heritable to the fourth generation of heirs of their bodies, without any service other than fealty. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > joint tenure > by husband and wife frank-marriagec1150 free marriagea1325 jointure1451 c1150 in J. T. Fowler Chartularium Abbathiæ de Novo Monasterio (1878) 117 Concesserunt eis en fraunkmariage. c1475 Partenay 1506 But you wil I gif gentilly, sire, of myne..With my fair doughter in franke mariage. a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. ii. 228 Simon his grandfather..had the same in franck mariage by the gvyft of Henry Rolland. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 115 Estates in libero maritagio, or frankmarriage. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. iv. 68 [He] holds a small amount of land in frank-marriage, and another portion in fee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1150 |
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