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Meaning of Frank
In old English law. Free.
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Frank in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
French franc, free. “To frank” is to set free.
Note: This legal definition of Frank in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Grammar
This term is a verb.
Etimology of Frank
(You may find frank at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
to free a letter for carriage or an article for publication, to send by public conveyance free of expense, 1708, from shortened form of French affranchir, from a- “to” + franchir “to free” (see franchise (verb)). A British parliamentary privilege from 1660-1840; in U.S. Congress, technically abolished 1873. Related: Franked; franking. As a noun, “signature of one entitled to send letters for free,” from 1713.
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