FRANK. 
Practice of franking 3 whereby the annpal amount of fran 
letters had gt radu aly increafed from a in 1715, to 
he 
its ey ‘of letters, or within en aise 
town, on the day, or on the day before the hack on which 
the letters thall be put ee the ice. No member fhall be 
aie to - f; oltage more jaa ten 7 in 
Whenever the 
o any chargeable with 
cha ate eh he 
ject. Perfons who 
may now in right of their offices fend and receive letters 
fr ee, may continue fo to Printed votes, or proceedings 
in parliament, and printed newspapers, may alfo. be fent as 
ual. 
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9 fingle letter fent by the poft from oe non-com- 
miffio ned Coad eaman, Or he te, in 
: ei ae (eck encconin ione S fen 
private, fhall be charged with mo ae an one Ys 
) i ieee. but fuch letter mult be 
direGted to {uch perfons, ner ae ‘the fhip, veffel, regiment, 
any or ein to which they belong ; 
e letter either to the 
party t fe) whom it fha. e 
pointed to receive the fame by the commanding aaa ee 
to no other. 
ery cover Sea patterns or famples oe goods, not 
exceeding one oun ] arged only as a fingle letter 
i t open at i fides, and without any Ictter or writing 
i 
therewith, other than the name of the perfon fending the 
fame, the place of his abode, and the prices of the articles. 
See Post-OFFIcE and REVENUE. 
ank Marriage, liberum maritagium, is a tenure in tail 
y lands and tenem ents are held to a _per- 
e donatores, vel eorum heredes, per 
homagii receptio 
the fourth dulcent, they thal 
in quarto hementer pre! fumitur quod ae eft pro 
ae heredum point reverfura. 
marri lage is wa e nel Bracton, to be that where 
thus beftowed fhall remain 
Service from it, until £ 
‘er “degree ; a o donee in the firft degree, his heir 
- XV. 
Vor 
why y the heirs do no ferviée till | 
in the ond. the heir of him inthe third, and” his again 
in the fourth ; but afterwards the fame land to become fub« 
ject to all the former = vices 3 as ape) then fuppofed to re« 
vert to the lord, for w £ heir 
he lands otherwife given in marriage, viz. ites obs 
ig sales were with a refervation of the ines ae to the 
the ie ee and his - were bound to perfor 
ever : eae homage was not to commence till the huak rs 
gree, when both fervi ice and roman were to be enjoined for 
ever. 
. of lands by one man to another with a we in’ 
unts by implication of law to a gift’ 
in ee ; which 4 in this cafe may be created ig the —. 
“ heirs”? or “ body. itt. 17. Wood’s Inft. 12 
gift in fee-nae ge ne made as well after as Bie 
marriage 3 an gilt was a fee-fimple . the ftatute 
of We on 25 ‘but ree it is ufually a fee-tail. Although 
this tenure i v grown out of ufe, it is Till capable of 
fubfifting in le It is liable to no forvice but fealty. 
Franx-pledge fignilies a pledge or furety for the behaviour 
of a aaa ; called alfo friburgh. 
The ient — of England, for the eae 
ree-borr n_ t fou 
ieee ge amo 
Accordingly, a number of neighbours: became inter- 
© disge bound ez each other, to fee each man of their 
pledge alee - sae times; or to ar for the of- 
ence committed by ne gone away 3 
one offe nded, it was pei inquired i a 
was, and then ae of that pledge either ronal him forth 
within one and thirty days to his anfwer ; or they fatisfied 
far his offence. 
This cuftom was called frank sisdnes ; and the eae ie 
extended to decenna, becaufe it ufually confifted of * 
8 d every perfon thus bound for himfelf a 
neighbours was called a decennier. See DecENNARY, Dre 
NERS, and TiTHING 
In obfervance of thie cuftom, the theriffs at lath county» 
court did from time to time take the oaths of y 
this branc 
es pete 1. e. view of fra ank-bledg 
» five liber e fervus, 
a io, aut. de “alicujus manupattu, nifi fit 
qui non plus e teneat ad 
i e 
= rem a m, &e.?? Bracton, lib. iit. 
Tract. be Corona, cap. 
t py ees nd man ordinate gives any other fecurity 
for the ee ng of the peace, befides his own oath ; fo that 
one anfwers for the tranfgreffion of another, but eve ry 
perfon for himfelf. nit. 7 
RANK Service. See SERVI 
FRANK Tenement. See "TENEMENT, and Fremnoxp. 
Pres eh c, alfo d ancient coin, ftruck, 
G 
cu Fra m its paces) ie 
ane reprefented a Frenchman, fometimes - ‘on horfeback, 
and fometimes 
The frank was either of gold or ae : the firit wae 
worth fomewhat -more than .the ecu dor, or gold crowny 
Crown 
See 
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