Frankalmoign

Free alms; vices, without fealty, in themselves and their service was where certain the lord might distrain; complain to the ordinary. chase: free chase. demesne, lands in fee vices except homage. ancient demesne of the socage tenure, changed Frankfold: free fold, a sheep on his lands to and privileges of a Frankmarriage: an to a donee who married to them and the heirs of fealty until the fourth pledge: a tithing, or a tually entered into by the another's transgressions A system of suretyship born man on arriving at a freeholder. Frank

Fr. A Eng. [L. Fr. fraunche aumone; L. Lat. /t6mi eleemosyna.] In English law. Free alms. A spiritual tenure whereby a religious corporation, aggregate or sole, holds lands of the donor to them and their successors forever. Litt sect. 133. 2 Bl. Com. 101. 1 Steph. Com. 213. This was anciently an ordinary kind of tenure in England, the peculiarity of which was its exemption from all secular or temporal service; the service to be performed being of a religious character, usually to pray wr the soul of the donor and his heirs, dead or alive, and even that not certainly defined; hence it was called frank or free. Britt. c. 66. 2 Bl. Com. 101, 102. It is the tenure by which the parochial clergy, and very many ecclesiastical and eleemosynary foundations hold their land at this day; having been expressly reserved by the statute 12 Car. II. c. 24. Id. 101. See Eleemosyna.

old Engl. law. ‘This is a law French word signifying tree-alms. Formerly religious corporations, aggregate or sole, held lands of the donor, to them and their successors forever in frankalmoign. ‘The service which they were bound to render for these lands was not certainly defined; they were in general to pray for the souls of the donor, his ancestors, and successors. 2 Bi. Com. 101.