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Webster 1913 Edition
Enfranchisement
En-fran′chise-ment
,Noun.
1.
Releasing from slavery or custody.
Shak.
2.
Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.
Enfranchisement of copyhold
(Eng. Law)
, the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold.
Mozley & W.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enfranchisement
ENFRAN'CHISEMENT
,Noun.
1.
The admission of persons to the freedom of a corporation or state; investiture with the privileges of free citizens; the incorporating of a person into any society or body politic.