Meanings
nounfrank-marriage (countable and uncountable, plural frank-marriages)
plural frank-marriages · alternative frankmarriage
- UKcountableobsoleteuncountablelawA 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 ancestor
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
Origin
From frank (“free”) + marriage.
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