Franchise

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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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