• (a.) A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms.
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Frank`al·moigne' noun [ French
franc free + Norm. French
almoigne alma, for
almosne , French
aumône . See
Frank ,
adjective , and
Almoner .]
(Eng. Law) A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and t...
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Frankalmoigne (literally 'free alms') was an English mode of tenure according to which a religious corporation held lands without being required to perform any but religious services, such as praying for the souls of the donors. This is the tenure by which almost all the ancient monasteries and religious houses held their lands, and by which the pa...
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