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Frank-chase, a liberty of free chase....
Frank chase
The liberty or franchise of having a chase free chase...
Chase
Chase [ fr. Chasse, Fr.], a privileged place for the preservation of deer and beasts of the forest, of a middle nature between a forest and a park. It is commonly less than a forest and not endowed with so many liberties, as officers, laws, courts; and yet it is of larger compass than a park, having more officers an game than a park. Every forest is a chase, but every chase is not a forest. It differs from a park in that it is not enclosed, yet it must have certain metes and bounds, but it may be in other men's ground as well as in one's own, Manw. 49....
Frank-marriage
Frank-marriage [in libero maritagio, Lat.], a species of entailed estates, now grown out of use, but still capable of subsisting. When tenements are given by one to another, together with a wife, who is a daughter or cousin of the donor, to hold in frank-marriage, the donees shall have the tenements to them and the heirs of their two bodies begotten, i.e., in special tail, without the words of limitation such as 'heirs of his body.' The legal estate in estates tail has been abolished by L.P. Act, 1925, s. 1, and see s. 130, ibid. for the words of limitation necessary to create an equitable interest in tail. For the word frank-marriage, ex vi termini, both creates and limits an inheritance, not only supplying words of descent, but also terms of procreation. The donees are liable to no service except fealty, and a reserved rent would be void until the fourth degree of consanguinity be past between the issues of the donor and donee, when they were capable by the law of the church of inter...
chased
a person who is being chased as better to be the chaser than the chased...
Frank
Frank. Members of Parliament, peers, etc., formerly had the privilege of franking their letters by autograph. It was abolished upon the introduction of the penny postage by 3 & 4 Vict. c. 96.A member of Germanic People who conquered land in 6th contrary, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 669....
Frank-pledge
Frank-pledge, a surety to the sovereign for the good behaviour of freemen. Living under frank-pledge has been termed living under law, Fleta, i. 47. See Court-LEET.A promise given to sovereign by a group of ten free holders (a tithing) ensuring the groups good conduct, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 670....
Chasing
The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools also a piece of ornamental work produced in this way...
Franks hearing
Franks hearing see hearing ...
Frankly
In a frank manner freely...
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