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Frank-law

Frank-law, the benefit of the free and Common Law of the

Frank law

of the ancient privileges of a freeman free and common law an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American

Frank-pledge

Frank-pledge, a surety to the sovereign for the good behaviour of … of freemen. Living under frank-pledge has been termed living under law, Fleta, i. 47. See Court-LEET. A promise given to sovereign

Hotchpot

lands, it only applied to such as were given in frank-marriage, thus: if one daughter have an estate given with her … in some respects to the collatio bonorum of the Civil Law. 'And it seemeth that this word [hotchpots] is in English

Outlawry

and under the protection of the law, See Ex parte Franks, (1831) 7 Bing. at p. 767.

Overruling

a later case. Where and How to Find the Law, Frank Hall Childs, 94 (1922). Overruling assumes that a contrary decision

Ripuarian laws

Ripuarian laws, a code of laws belonging to the Franks who occupied the country upon the Rhine. … Ripuarian laws, a code of laws belonging to the Franks who occupied

Salic

Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks or to the Salic law so called

Borsholder

Bl. Com. 114 (356). The chief of a tithing or frank pledge; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Freeborough-men

Freeborough-men, such great men as did not engage like the frank-pledge men for their decennier, Jac. Law dict.

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