| 单词 | high franchise |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh franchise high franchise n. now historical and somewhat rare the right of voting in parliamentary or other elections, consequent upon paying high rates or owning property of high value. ΚΠ 1770 Gentleman's & London Mag. July 391/1 To deprive the subject of this high franchise and birthright..is directly contrary to the fundamental laws and freedom of this realm. 1841 Citizen Jan. 3/1 In England, the high franchise of £50 occupying yearly rent-payers..works so slavishly ill for the people,—so servilely well, for the Tory aristocracy. 1886 C. A. Fyffe Hist. Mod. Europe II. ii. 117 It [sc. the electoral law] retained the high franchise fixed by the Charta. 1904 S. Afr. Native Affairs Comm. 1903–5 IV. 681 We must have a high franchise always in South Africa; the circumstances demand it. 1991 P. Bryan Jamaican People 1880–1902 (2000) ii. 14 Those who favoured a high franchise in order to reduce black and coloured participation appear to have outdone themselves in 1884. < as lemmas |
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