1The giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
the World War hastened the enfranchisement of women
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There is a definite link between the work women did in World War One and their enfranchisement in 1918.
By 1892, borough enfranchisement had risen to 60% of adult males.
Owning a home offers a sense of pride, security, and enfranchisement that is quintessential to our stake in the American dream.
If black enfranchisement meant the dilution of Caucasian suffrage, whites just had to get over it.
Even early American democracy would get low marks by contemporary standards since there was no enfranchisement for the majority of the population.
The wider enfranchisement of the working class in 1918 helped the rise of Labour.
The sexual citizen from the ranks of youth demands enfranchisement, including full sexual rights.
This is the eighth measure proposing female enfranchisement that the South Australian Parliament has considered.
The movement in that college to set up a dictatorship where there was once a JCR sees the dream of student enfranchisement replaced with sheer pragmatism.
If society has neglected to discharge two solemn obligations, the more important of the two must be fulfilled first: universal teaching must precede universal enfranchisement.
2historical Liberation from imprisonment or slavery.
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Enfranchisement of slaves, often in a body, and ransom of slaves and captives became works of piety.
After enfranchisement there was virtually nothing approximating a 'freedman' status.
I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
There were two main ways in which manumission, or enfranchisement as it was more commonly known in the Spanish colonies, could be achieved.
The issue was only resolved by the enfranchisement of allies who had not participated or had laid down their arms (the historic Julian law of 90).
3British Law The action of making land freehold.
legal costs attributable to the enfranchisement of leasehold properties
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The legal and political history of the tenant's claim to enfranchisement of the property is not relevant to the valuation to be made by the Tribunal.
The enfranchisement of part of a building has the effect of separating the freehold titles to different parts of a single structure.
The definition had to identify the individual units within a building which were to be available for enfranchisement.
Mr West said he had advised clients with residential and commercial property on letting and leasehold enfranchisement matters.
This was an application by the Lessor for determination of the price for enfranchisement of the subject property under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967.
Definition of enfranchisement in US English:
enfranchisement
noun
1The giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
the World War hastened the enfranchisement of women
Example sentencesExamples
There is a definite link between the work women did in World War One and their enfranchisement in 1918.
If society has neglected to discharge two solemn obligations, the more important of the two must be fulfilled first: universal teaching must precede universal enfranchisement.
Even early American democracy would get low marks by contemporary standards since there was no enfranchisement for the majority of the population.
The wider enfranchisement of the working class in 1918 helped the rise of Labour.
By 1892, borough enfranchisement had risen to 60% of adult males.
If black enfranchisement meant the dilution of Caucasian suffrage, whites just had to get over it.
This is the eighth measure proposing female enfranchisement that the South Australian Parliament has considered.
The movement in that college to set up a dictatorship where there was once a JCR sees the dream of student enfranchisement replaced with sheer pragmatism.
Owning a home offers a sense of pride, security, and enfranchisement that is quintessential to our stake in the American dream.
The sexual citizen from the ranks of youth demands enfranchisement, including full sexual rights.
2historical Liberation from imprisonment or slavery.
Example sentencesExamples
The issue was only resolved by the enfranchisement of allies who had not participated or had laid down their arms (the historic Julian law of 90).
There were two main ways in which manumission, or enfranchisement as it was more commonly known in the Spanish colonies, could be achieved.
I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
After enfranchisement there was virtually nothing approximating a 'freedman' status.
Enfranchisement of slaves, often in a body, and ransom of slaves and captives became works of piety.
3British Law The action of making land freehold.
legal costs attributable to the enfranchisement of leasehold properties
Example sentencesExamples
Mr West said he had advised clients with residential and commercial property on letting and leasehold enfranchisement matters.
The enfranchisement of part of a building has the effect of separating the freehold titles to different parts of a single structure.
The definition had to identify the individual units within a building which were to be available for enfranchisement.
This was an application by the Lessor for determination of the price for enfranchisement of the subject property under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967.
The legal and political history of the tenant's claim to enfranchisement of the property is not relevant to the valuation to be made by the Tribunal.