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franctenance (1313-14)

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franctenance (1313-14)

fraunctenaunce  
  FEW:  frank *15/ii,163a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  franc 1 (*)  / tenir 1 (tenance)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

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lawthe holding of land as freehold
( 1315 )  mis avant une chartre qe tesmoigne la joint franctenaunce  YBB Ed II xvii 61
lawthe right to hold a tenement for life
( 1313-14 )  Prouvetz qe la femme qi n’ad qe franctenance put estre partie a trier le dreit sanz le heir  YBB Ed II viii 11
( 1389-90 )  ceux del manere teignount leur terres forsqe a volunté le seignour [...] issint qe le baroun et sa femme n'ount rien en la terre forsqe al volunté et le fraunctenaunce en le seignour  YBB 13 Rich II 122
joint franctenance
lawjoint freehold
( 1315 )  mis avant une chartre qe tesmoigne la joint franctenaunce  YBB Ed II xvii 61

See also:

franc1  franctenant  franctenement  francteneor  franctenure  tenance 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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