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Enfranchisement
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.