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Free frank
Free frankThis word is used in composition, as frank-almoign, frank-marriage, frank-tenement. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Word Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech. Composition Contracts. An agreement, made upon a sufficient consideration, between a debtor and creditor, by which the creditor accepts part of the debt due to him in satisfaction of the whole. Frank-almoign Old English law. This is a French law word, signifying free-alms. Frank-marriage English law. It takes place, according to Blackstone, when lands are given by one man to another, together with a wife who is daughter or kinswoman of the donor, to hold in frank-marriage. By this gift, though nothing but, the word frank-marriage is expressed, the donees shall have the tenements to them and the heirs of their two bodies begotten that is, they are tenants in special tail. It is called frank or free marriage, because the donees are liable to no service but fealty. This is now obsolete, even in England. Frank-tenement Estates. Same as freehold or liberum tenementum. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Free "1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods. Free course Maritime law. Having the wind from a favorable quarter. Free legal advice Advice given by a member of the legal profession for free. Free legal form Any legal form obtainable for free. Free pratique Permission given to a ship to use a port after it has been certified free of disease by competent health authorities. Free warren English law. A franchise erected for the preservation and custody of beasts and fowls of warren. Free world (prison) In the US penitentiary slang, the outside. Freedmen The name formerly given by the Romans to those persons who had been released from a State of servitude. Freedom Liberty; the right to do what is not forbidden by law. Freedom does not preclude the idea of subjection to law; indeed, it presupposes the existence of some legislative provision, the observance of which insures freedom to us, by securing the like observance from others. Freehold Estates. An estate of freehold is an estate in lands or other real property, held by a free tenure, for the life of the tenant or that of some other person; or for some uneertain period. It is called liberum tenementum, frank tenement or freehold; it was formerly described to be such an estate as could only be created by livery of seisin, a ceremony similar to the investiture of the feudal law. But since the introduction of certain modern conveyances, by which an estate of freehold may be created without livery of seisin, this description is not sufficient. Freehold estate 1) Of inheritance-(a) absolute, as tenancy in fee-simple; (b) limited: qualified or base, and conditional -later, fees-tail. 2) Not of inheritance. These are chattel interests in lands. They are for life, and either conventional or legal; the lowest species is the estate for the life of another. Freeholder A person who is the owner of a freehold estate. Freeman One who is in the enjoyment of the right to do whatever he pleases, not forbidden by law. One in the possession of the civil rights enjoyed by, the people generally. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Frauds, statute of The name commonly given to the statate, entitled " An act for prevention of frauds and perjuries." This statute has been re-enacted in most. of the states of the Union, generally with omissions, amendments, or alterations. When the words of the statute have been used, the construction put upon them has also been adopted. Most of the acts of the different states will be found in Anthon's Appendix to Shep. Touchst. Fraudster One who commits the Fraud. Fraudulent conveyance A conveyance of property without any consideration of value, for the purpose of delaying or bindering creditors. These are declared void by the statutes, the principles of which have been adopted in perhaps all the states of the American Union. Free "1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods. Free course Maritime law. Having the wind from a favorable quarter. Free frank Free pratique Permission given to a ship to use a port after it has been certified free of disease by competent health authorities. Free warren English law. A franchise erected for the preservation and custody of beasts and fowls of warren. Freedmen The name formerly given by the Romans to those persons who had been released from a State of servitude. Freedom Liberty; the right to do what is not forbidden by law. Freedom does not preclude the idea of subjection to law; indeed, it presupposes the existence of some legislative provision, the observance of which insures freedom to us, by securing the like observance from others. Freehold Estates. An estate of freehold is an estate in lands or other real property, held by a free tenure, for the life of the tenant or that of some other person; or for some uneertain period. It is called liberum tenementum, frank tenement or freehold; it was formerly described to be such an estate as could only be created by livery of seisin, a ceremony similar to the investiture of the feudal law. But since the introduction of certain modern conveyances, by which an estate of freehold may be created without livery of seisin, this description is not sufficient. 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