单词 | frank-law |
释义 | † frank-lawn. Law. Obsolete. The condition of a full freeman (liber et legalis homo), esp. the liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > legal condition or rights of free man frank-law1607 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Hh2 Frank Law (libera lex)... He that for an offence, as conspiracy, &c. leeseth his franke law, is said to fall into these mischiefs: first, that he many neuer be impaneled vpon any iury, or assise, or otherwise vsed in testifiing any truth. Next, if he haue any thing to doe in the Kings court, he must not approach thither in person, but must appoint his attourney. Thirdly, his lands, goods, and chatels must be seised into the Kings hands: and his trees rooted vp, and his body committed to prison. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 78 The party attainted shall lose his Franke Law [AF. perdera son Frank Ley], to the intent that hee be not impannelled upon Juries or Assises. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1607 |
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