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Franchise [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. fran'chiz. [ See Frank .] Properly, liberty, freedom. Hence,

2. A particular privilege or right granted by a prince or sovereign to an individual or to a number of persons; as the right to be a body corporate with perpetual succession; the right to hold a court leet or other court; to have waifs, wrecks, treasure-treve, or forfeitures. So the right to vote for governor, senators and representatives, is a franchise belonging to citizens, and not enjoyed by aliens. The right to establish a bank, is a franchise

3. Exemption from a burden or duty to which others are subject.

4. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity.

5. An asylum or sanctuary, where persons are secure from arrest.

6. Churches and monasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals.

Franchise [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To make free; but enfranchise is more generally used.

Franchise [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

2. A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.

3. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.

4. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.

Franchise [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.

Franchise Encyclopedia Britannica

FRANCHISE, in law, means some right or privilege, of a local or exclusive character, e.g., the right öf free fishery. The term is more particularly applied to the right of voting at an election for a member of parliament. See Parliament.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 9, p. 688
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Franchised [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Franchise

Franchisement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Release from burden or restriction; freedom.

Franchisement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Release; deliverance; freedom.

Freedom Roget’s Thesaurus §748

N. freedom, liberty, independence, license &c. # (permission) 760, facility, scope, range, latitude, play, free play, full play, free scope, full scope, free stage and no favor, swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth, liberty hall, franchise, denization, free man, freed man, livery man, denizen, autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade, noninterference, monroe doctrine, immunity, exemption, emancipation, enfranchisement, affranchisement, free land, freehold, allodium, frankalmoigne, mortmain, bushwhacker, freelance, free thinker, free trader, independent

V. be free, have scope, have the run of, have one's own way, have a will of one's own, have one's fling, do what one likes, do what one wishes, do what one pleases, do what one chooses, go at large, feel at home, paddle one's own canoe, stand on one's legs, stand on one's rights, shift for oneself, take a liberty, make free with, make oneself quite at home, use a freedom, take leave, take french leave, set free, give a loose to, allow scope, to, give scope, to, give a horse his head, make free of, give the freedom of, give the franchise, enfranchise, affranchise, laisser faire, laisser aller, live and let live, leave to oneself, leave alone, let alone

Adj. free, free as air, out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free, left alone, left to oneself, in full swing, uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled, unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled, unrestricted, unlimited, unmitigated, unconditional, absolute, discretionary, unassailed, unforced, uncompelled, unbiassed, spontaneous, free and easy, at ease, at one's ease, degage, quite at home, wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished, exempt, freed, freeborn, autonomous, freehold, allodial, gratis, eleutherian, unclaimed, going a begging

Adv. freely, ad libitum

Phr. ubi libertas ibi patria, free white and twenty-one

Dueness Roget’s Thesaurus §924

N. due, dueness, right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright, immunity, license, liberty, franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority, warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond, claimant, appellant, plaintiff

V. be due, to, be the due, of, have right to, have title to, have claim to, be entitled to, have a claim upon, belong to, deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve, demand, claim, call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for, revendicate, reclaim, exact, insist on, insist upon, challenge, take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good, substantiate, vindicate a claim, vindicate a right, fit for, qualify for, make out a case, give a right, confer a right, entitle, authorize, sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot, give every one his due, pay one's dues, have one's due, have one's rights, use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution

Adj. having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised, prescriptive, presumptive, absolute, indefeasible, unalienable, inalienable, imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged, sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful, licit, legitimate, legal, legalized, square, unexceptionable, right, equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly, decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles

Adv. duly, ex officio, de jure, by right, by divine right, jure divino, dei gratia, in the name of

Phr. civis romanus sum, chaque saint sa chandelle

Exemption Roget’s Thesaurus §927a

N. exemption, freedom, irresponsibility, immunity, liberty, license, release, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge, exculpation

V. be exempt, exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit, free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license, stretch a point, absolve, exonerate, save the necessity

Adj. exempt, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free, released, unbound, unencumbered, irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable, excusable

Phr. bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis, 2, moral sentiments