Frank Chase
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Free chase. The liberty or franchise of having a chase.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A liberty or right of free chase. Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A liberty of free chase enjoyed by any one, whereby all other persons having ground within that compass are forbidden to cut down wood, etc., even in their own demesnes, to the prejudice of the owner of the liberty. Cowell. See
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat libera chacea.] In English law. Free chase. The hberty or franchise of having a chase. FRANK FEK [L. Lat. liberum feodum, or feudum.] In English law. A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold. Termes de la ley. 2 Bl. Com. 368. 3 Id. 166. All land that was not ancient demesne was considered as frank fee. Beg. Orig. 14 b. Id. 12. F. N. B. \Q D. Where a fine was had of copyhold lands, or lands in ancient demesne, it altered the tenure, and converted them into frank fee. 2 BL Com, 868. 3 Id. 166. In feudal law, feudumfraneum was a free fee or fief, for which no service was due. CoweU. Fachineus <t Zasius de Feudis, cited ibid,