Possible Definitions:
1. Franchise (a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
2. Franchise (a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
3. Franchise (a.) The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
4. Franchise (a.) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
5. Franchise (v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
