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frank-marriage

frank-marriage noun: a form of conditional marriage-gift of land under English law, often from father to daughter.

Noun

frank-marriage (countable and uncountable, plural frank-marriages)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A form of conditional marriage-gift of land under English law, often from father to daughter.
    • an estate given with her in frank marriage by her ancestor1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Forms of frank-marriage

pluralfrank-marriages
alternative formfrankmarriage

Origin of frank-marriage

From frank (“free”) + marriage.

Questions about frank-marriage

What does frank-marriage mean?
Frank-marriage means a form of conditional marriage-gift of land under English law, often from father to daughter.
What part of speech is frank-marriage?
Frank-marriage is a noun.
What is the plural of frank-marriage?
The plural of frank-marriage is frank-marriages.

Words near frank-marriage in the dictionary

  1. Frank Drebin
  2. Frank-Caro process
  3. frank-fee
  4. frank-fees
  5. Frank-land
  6. frank-marriage
  7. frank-marriages
  8. frank-pledge
  9. frank-pledges
  10. Frank-Tamm formula
  11. Frank-ter Haar syndrome

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