The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enfranchisement of copyhold
Enfranchisement \En*fran"chise*ment\, n.
Releasing from slavery or custody.
--Shak.-
Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.
Enfranchisement of copyhold (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold.
--Mozley & W.