1. Adjective
Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
2. Adjective
A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
3. Adjective
The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
4. Adjective
Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
5. Verb
To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
6. Noun
a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
Vocabulary classified under Law
7. Noun
an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
Vocabulary classified under Law
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