Enfranchisement
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Fr. & Eng. [from enfraunchir, q. v.] The act of making a person free, as a villein or bondman. Enfranchisement is a more general word than manumission, for that is properly applied to a villein. Every manumission is an enfranchisement, but every enfranchisement is not a manumission.
Co. Litt. 137 b.
The incorporating a person into any society or body politic, and thereby imparting to him its liberties and privileges.
Cowell.
Termes de la ley.
11 Co. 9.
The making a man free of a company or corporation.
Co. Litt. 137 b.