ˈfrank-ˌtenement Law.
[a. AFr.; see frank a.2 and tenement.]
= freehold. So ˈfrank-ˈtenure [see tenure].
| [1292 Britton iii. ii. §2 Brefs de dreit de mariage ne sount mie fraunc tenement.] 1523 Fitzherb. Surv. 14 Yet haue they no franke tenement bycause of the commen lawe. 1592 West 1st Pt. Symbol. §41 B, An estate of franktenement, is where a man hath the freehold of land. 1600 Holland Livy xxi. xlv. (1609) 419 To enjoie to them and their heires for ever, as freehold in frank tenure. 1643 Sir J. Spelman Case of Affairs 6 Yet does not he deprive the Lord of his Lordship in the Copy-hold, nor..devest the Fee and Frank-tenement out of the lord. |
| fig. 1593 Harvey Supererog. Wks. (Grosart) II. 229 See, how the daggletaild rampalion bustleth for the frank-tenement of the dung-hill. |