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Freeman

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

One who is not a slave. One born free or made so. In Old English Law. A freeholder, as distinguished from a villein. An inhabitant of a city.

Stat 1 Hen. VI. c. 11, 3 Steph. Com. 196.

In Vermont (Acts 1903, p. 3) mention is made of freemen’s meetings.