Franchisement - Law Dictionary Search Results
Lying in franchise
Lying in franchise, waifs, wrecks, estrays, and the like, which may be seized without suit or action, 3 Steph. Com.
Liberty
Liberty, a franchise, being a royal privilege or a branch there of, subsisting in the hands of a subject, as a
Franchise prisons
Fractus augent h'reditatem. D.A. 3, 20, 31, (The yearly increase enhances in inheritance.)
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Sipessocua
Sipessocua, a franchise, liberty, or hundred.
Quo warranto
the nature of a writ of right for the Crown against him who claims or usurps any office, franchise, or liberty to inquire 'by what authority' he supports his claim, in order to determine the right. It
House of Commons
extended; in 1867, when a similar but less extensive re-arrangement of seats took place, and household and lodger franchise was established in boroughs; and in 1884, when household and lodger franchise was established in counties, and a
Woman
a writ of summons to the House of Lords, Rhondda's (Viscountess) Petition, (1922) 2 AC 339. The Parliamentary Franchise was extended to women by the Representation of the People Act, 1918, which also contains provisions regulating the
quo warranto
extraordinary writ requiring a person or corporation to show by what right or authority a public office or franchise is held or exercised 2 : a proceeding in the nature of a writ of quo warranto for
University
& 10 Geo. 5, c. 71), empowered universities to admit women to membership, degrees, and see infra. Parliamentary Franchise.-Oxford and Cambridge had the franchise for two members each from the earliest times; London acquired it by ss.
Alnet, De
Alms. Charitable contributions. The receipt of parochial relief or other alms was a disqualification for the parliamentary franchise in boroughs by s. 36 of the Reform Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 45), and
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