Frank-law

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frank-law \Frank"-law`\, n. [Frank free + law.] (Eng. Law)
     The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness;
     one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common
     law; -- an obsolete expression signifying substantially the
     same as the American expression {civil rights}. --Abbot.
     [1913 Webster]