frank-tenementn.
/ˈfraŋkˌtɛnᵻm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈfræŋkˌtɛnəmənt/ Law.figurative.1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 146 See, how the daggletaild rampalion bustleth for the frank-tenement of the dunghill.
= freehold n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > freehold > types of
fee-farmc1460
fee-simple1463
liferent1478
fee-tail1495
frank-tenement1523
frank-fee1531
frank-tenure1600
frank-ferm1767
life tenancy1847
commonhold1978
1292 Britton iii. ii. §2 Brefs de dreit de mariage ne sount mie fraunc tenement.]
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 14 Yet haue they no franke tenement bycause of the commen lawe.
1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §41 B An estate of franktenement, is where a man hath the freehold of land.
a1643 J. Spelman Case of Affaires (1644) 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.
Derivatives
ˈfrank-ˈtenure n. [see tenure n.]
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > freehold > types of
fee-farmc1460
fee-simple1463
liferent1478
fee-tail1495
frank-tenement1523
frank-fee1531
frank-tenure1600
frank-ferm1767
life tenancy1847
commonhold1978
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) xxi. xlv. 419 To enjoie to them and their heires for ever, as freehold in frank tenure.
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