 Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms; and their definition is (v) a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. Being therefore derived from the crown, they must arise from the king's grant;...  Cyclopedia of Law ... - Página 262por Charles Erehart Chadman - 1912Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1886 - 800 páginas
...politic. All the elementary writers agree in adopting Finch's definition of a franchise, that it is a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. An information in the nature of a quo warranto is a substitute for that ancient writ, which has fallen... | |
 | West Virginia Bar Association - 1886 - 818 páginas
...powers. Every charter of incorporation is a franchise, which is defined to be "a royal privilege, or a branch of the King's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject." That at the basis of this species of property there is a contract between the subject or individuals,... | |
 | 1899 - 1204 páginas
...privilege conferred by grant from government, and vested in Individuals." In England it is defined as "a branch of the king's prerogative subsisting In the hands of a subject." Finch, lib. 2, c. 14; 2 Shars. Bl. Comm. 37. In Banking Co. v. Eisenman, 94 Ky. 88, 21 S. W. 532, In... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1888 - 978 páginas
...person, without, as a general rule, incurring individual responsibility, is declared by Blackstone to be "a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject": 2 Bla. Com. 37. Such right or franchise is defined by Bouvier to be " a certain privilege conferred... | |
 | John Chipman Gray - 1888 - 936 páginas
...this view of a manor it is included in the list of Franchises, — the definition of a franchise being "a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject." 2 Rlackst. Com. 37. ifanor has also been derived a mancnito, ns being the seat of the feudal lord.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1889 - 1172 páginas
...States? In our judgment, it cannot. What is a franchise? Under the English law Blackstone defines it as "a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject." 2 Com. 87. Generalized, and devested of the special form which it assumes under a monarchical government... | |
 | Upendra Nath Mitra - 1889 - 822 páginas
...set up a private ferry in a river, see Parmeshari v. Mahomed, IL В., 6 Calo., 608. A franehiie is a royal privilege or branch of the King's prerogative subsisting in the bands of a subject. (Blackstone.) * Austin, Lecture XV and Table VIII. * Gale, p. 9; Duke of Hamilton... | |
 | 1890 - 868 páginas
...must attempt to ascertain in what a franchise actually consists. Blackstone defines a franchise as " a royal privilege or branch of the King's prerogative subsisting in the hands of a subject." But this does not teach us much. It is too vague for our purposes. The Supreme Court of the United... | |
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