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ˈfrank-chase Law.
[f. frank a.2 + chase. n.1]
Free chase: see quot. 1641 and chase n.1 2.
1587Harrison England ii. xix. (1877) i. 310 The franke chase..taketh something both of parke and forrest. [1594Crompton Jurisdict. E. i. Trespas F. 239 Le ley de franke chase est, etc.] 1641Termes de la Ley 167 Francke chase is a liberty of Frank chase, by which all men having land within this compasse are prohibited to cut downe the wood, or discover, &c. without the view of the Forester, although it be his owne. c1645Howell Lett. iv. xvi. (1655) 39 None but the King can have a forest; If he chance to passe one over to a Subject, 'tis no more Forest, but frank Chase. |