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Enfranchise

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To make free; to Incorporate a man in a society or body politic. Cunningham,

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To confer a franchise upon; to free; to permit to vote.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To make free; to incorporate a man in a society or body politic. Cue Diet.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To make free; to incorporate a man in a society or body politic.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To make free; to denizen.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

To make free; to incorporate a man ina society or body politic.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[from L. Fr. en/rawnchir, q. v.] To make free. See Enfranchisement. To incorporate a person into any body politic or corporation; to make a person a free denizen. Cowell. Blount. Termes de la ley.